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Treaty of Pontotoc Creek signed with the Chickasaw

On October 20, 1832, U.S. commissioners and Chickasaw chiefs signed the Treaty of Pontotoc Creek, by which the Chickasaw ceded their remaining lands in Mississippi in exchange for lands west of the Mississippi and compensation.

Treaty of Pontotoc Creek signed with the Chickasaw

The treaty advanced the Jackson administration's Indian Removal policy by formalizing the Chickasaw cession and clearing large tracts of southeastern land for white settlement and state development.

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