Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was closed between the Choctaw and the United States of America land cession treaty. It was closed on September 27, 1830 on the tribal lands of the Choctaw in Chukfi Ahihla Bogueim ( choctaw for the stream, on the dancing bunnies ) in the southwest of Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was ratified by the Congress of the United States on February 24, 1831.

Negotiations have been conducted on the part of the Choctaw of the Indian tribal leaders Greenwood LeFlore, Musholatubbee and Nittucachee, the interests of the United States were R. Coffee and Secretary of War John Henry Eaton represented by Colonel John and before the Council of the Choctaw and a gathering of 6000 Choctaw performed.

With the conclusion of the contract, the Choctaw exchanged some 45,000 square kilometers of their traditional area of ​​settlement in what is now the state of Mississippi against a 61,000 square kilometers in the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. After a number of smaller land cession agreements at the beginning of the 19th century was the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek the last major land cession treaty of Choctaw and also the first contract, which was closed under the Indian Removal Act (English for Indian resettlement Act). The Choctaw thus became the first of the five civilized nations who were relocated by the government to Oklahoma. This relocation, which cost the lives of about 2500 Choctaw became known as the Trail of Tears.