Chickasaw Treaty Council

The Franklin council did not remove the Chickasaw, but it began the squeeze. At the 1830 meeting, Jackson's side pressed Chickasaw leaders to give up their Mississippi homeland if suitable land could be found west of the river. The delegation sent to look failed, and the United States never ratified the Franklin agreement. Mississippi's laws against Chickasaw self-government and the government's refusal to remove white intruders did the rest. In 1832 the Minkos signed the Treaty of Pontotoc Creek, and the nation was removed to present-day Oklahoma between 1837 and 1847.

What the plaque says

Chickasaw Treaty Council In the spring of 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act providing the President with means to exchange the lands of the five civilized Indian nations of the Southeast for lands west of the Mississippi. On August 20, 1830 Andrew Jackson met in Franklin with the Chiefs of the Chickasaw nation to begin a series of treaties which removed the tribe to Oklahoma. "Sharpe Knife" as the chiefs called Jackson, was the only U.S. President ever to attend an Indian removal council.

Where it stands

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