The Hillsborough Recorder

By the late treaty of cession with the Choctaws, negotiated by generals Jackson and Hinds, it is stipulated, that the boundaries therein established shall remain without alteration until the period at which said nation shall become so civilized and enlightened, as to be made citizens of the United States; and congress shall lay off a limited parcel of land for the benefit of each family or individual in the nation. Fifty-four sections, of a mile square, are to be laid off and sold in the ceded territory, to raise a fund for the support of schools in the nation, three fourths to be expended on the east, and the other on the west side of the Mississippi. The agent is empowered to seize and confiscate all whisky introduced into the nation without a permit: and a corps of light horse, consisting of ten men for each district, is to be supported by our government, at the rate of twenty dollars a man, to maintain good order, and oblige all men, both white and red, to pay their just debts.