William Paisley DOAK

                   Likely not the William Paisley Doak that is the son of James Doak and Elizabeth Paisley.  Evidence included in notes.

The treaty of Doak's Stand was signed on October 18, 1820. Doak's Stand w as a trading center in what is now Madison County, Mississippi that was ow ned by William. His brother Josiah opened the trading post known as Doaksv ille in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory after removal.________________________________________________________________________ __ ___________________________________Doak's Stand [Mile Marker 108] - In 1820, Andrew Jackson met with leade rs of the Choctaw Indians at Doak's Tavern, which had been establish ed in 1812 by William Doak. After spending several days trying to convin ce the Indians to willingly give up their land and move west, Jackson fina lly threatened to issue an order that would force Indian resettlement. Fac ed with enforced resettlement, the Indians finally gave up 1/3 of their la nd, and, on October 20, 1820, signed the Treaty of Doak's Stand. Ten yea rs later, the Choctaws were forced to relinquish the remaining land. [T he actual location of Doak's Tavern was west of the present Trace, a nd is no longer in existance.]Origin of Doak Surname: "The Celtic Placenames of Scotland" by W J Watso n: Dog, Dogg, Doig, the surname of several landed families in the Kilmado ck District, is for Gille Dog, 'St Cadoc's servant' ... The name is now Do ag, Doig, Doak. Cadoc died probably c. 570. His name in full was Catmai l, in modern Welsh Cadfael, which is for an early Celtic Catu-maglos, 'bat tle-prince'The Following is the Treaty of Doak's Stand of which our William was famo us for.TREATY OF THE TREATY GROUND, NEAR DOAK'S STAND, ON THE NATCHEZ ROAD WITH T HE CHOCTAW OCTOBER 18, 18207 Stat., 210.Proclamation, Jan. 8, 1821.A treaty of friendship, limits, and accommodation, between the United Stat es of America and the Choctaw nation of Indians, begun and concluded at t he Treaty Ground, in said nation, near Doak's Stand, on the Natchez Road.PREAMBLE. WHEREAS it is an important object with the President of the Unit ed States, to promote the civilization of the Choctaw Indians, by the esta blishment of schools amongst them; and to perpetuate them as a natio n, by exchanging, for a small part of their land here, a country beyond t he Mississippi River, where all, who live by hunting and will not work, m ay be collected and settled together.And whereas it is desirable to the st ate of Mississippi, to obtain a small part of the land belonging to said n ation; for the mutual accommodation of the parties, and for securing the h appiness and protection of the whole Choctaw nation, as well as preservi ng that harmony and friendship which so happily subsists between them a nd the United States, James Monroe, President of the United States of Amer ica, by Andrew Jackson, of the State of Tennessee, Major General in the Ar my of the United States, and General Thomas Hinds, of the State of Mississ ippi, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the United States, on the one par t, and the Mingoes, Head Men, and Warriors, of the Choctaw nation, in fu ll Council assembled, on the other part, have freely and voluntarily enter ed into the following articles, viz:ARTICLE 1. To enable the President of the United States to carry into effe ct the above grand and humane objects, the Mingoes, Head Men, and Warrior s, of the Choctaw nation, in full council assembled, in behalf of themselv es and the said nation, do, by these presents, cede to the United Stat es of America, all the land lying and being within the boundaries followin g, to wit:Beginning on the Choctaw boundary, East of Pearl River, at a poi nt due South of the White Oak spring, on the old Indian path; thence nor th to said spring; thence northwardly to a black oak, standing on the Natc hez road, about forty poles eastwardly from Doake's fence, marked A. J a nd blazed, with two large pines and a black oak standing near thereto, a nd marked as pointers; thence a straight line to the head of Black Cree k, or Bouge Loosa; thence down Black Creek or Bouge Loosa to a small Lak e; thence a direct course, so as to strike the Mississippi one mile bel ow the mouth of th
e Arkansas River; thence down the Mississippi to our bou ndary; thence around and along the same to the beginning.ARTICLE 2. For and in consideration of the foregoing cession, on the pa rt of the Choctaw nation, and in part satisfaction for the same, the Commi ssioners of the United States, in behalf of said States, do hereby ce de to said nation, a tract of country west of the Mississippi River, situa te between the Arkansas and Red River, and bounded as follows:-Beginni ng on the Arkansas River, where the lower boundary line of the Cherokees s trikes the same; thence up the Arkansas to the Canadian Fork, and up the s ame to its source; thence due South to the Red River; thence down Red Rive r, three miles below the mouth of Little River, which empties itself in to Red River on the north side; thence a direct line to the beginning.ARTICLE 3. To prevent any dispute upon the subject of the boundaries menti oned in the 1st and 2d articles, it is hereby stipulated between the parti es, that the same shall be ascertained and distinctly marked by a Commissi oner, or Commissioners, to be appointed by the United States, accompani ed by such person as the Choctaw nation may select; said nation having thi rty days previous notice of the time and place at which the operation wi ll commence. The person so chosen by the Choctaws, shall act as a pil ot or guide, for which the United States will pay him two dollars per da y, whilst actually engaged in the performance of that duty.ARTICLE 4. The boundaries hereby established between the Choctaw Indians a nd the United States, on this side of the Mississippi river, shall rema in without alteration until the period at which said nation shall beco me so civilized and enlightened as to be made citizens of the United State s, and Congress shall lay off a limited parcel of land for the benef it of each family or individual in the nation.ARTICLE 5. For the purpose of aiding and assisting the poor Indians, who w ish to remove to the country hereby ceded on the part of the United State s, and to enable them to do well and support their families, the Commissio ners of the United States engage, in behalf of said States, to give to ea ch warrior a blanket, kettle, rifle gun, bullet moulds and nippers, and am munition sufficient for hunting and defence, for one year. Said warrior sh all also be supplied with corn to support him and his family, for the sa me period, and whilst traveling to the country above ceded to the Choct aw nation.ARTICLE 6. The Commissioners of the United States further covenant and agr ee, on the part of said States, that an agent shall be appointed, in due t ime, for the benefit of the Choctaw Indians who may be permanently settl ed in the country ceded to them beyond the Mississippi river, and, at a co nvenient period, a factor shall be sent there with goods, to supply the ir wants. A Blacksmith shall also be settled amongst them, at a point mo st convenient to the population; and a faithful person appointed, whose du ty it shall be to use every reasonable exertion to collect all the wanderi ng Indians belonging to the Choctaw nation, upon the land hereby provid ed for their permanent settlement.ARTICLE 7. Out of the lands ceded by the Choctaw nation to the United Stat es, the Commissioners aforesaid, in behalf of said States, further covena nt and agree, that fifty-four sections of one mile square shall be laid o ut in good land, by the President of the United States, and sold, for t he purpose of raising a fund, to be applied to the support of the Choct aw schools, on both sides of the Mississippi river. Three-fourths of sa id fund shall be appropriated for the benefit of the schools here; and t he remaining fourth for the establishment of one or more beyond the Missis sippi; the whole to be placed in the hands of the President of the Unit ed States, and to be applied by him, expressly and exclusively, to this va luable object.ARTICLE 8. To remove any discontent which may have arisen in the Choctaw N ation, in consequence of six thousand dollars of their annuity having b
e en appropriated annually, for sixteen years, by some of the chiefs, for t he support of their schools, the Commissioners of the United States obli ge themselves, on the part of said States, to set apart an additional tra ct of good land, for raising a fund equal to that given by the said chief s, so that the whole of the annuity may remain in the nation, and be divid ed amongst them. And in order that exact justice may be done to the poor a nd distressed of said nation, it shall be the duty of the agent to see th at the wants of every deaf, dumb, blind, and distressed, Indian, sha ll be first supplied out of said annuity, and the balance equally distribu ted amongst every individual of said nation.ARTICLE 9. All those who have separate settlements, and fall within the li mits of the land ceded by the Choctaw nation to the United States, and w ho desire to remain where they now reside, shall be secured in a tra ct or parcel of land one mile square, to include their improvements. Any o ne who prefers removing, if he does so within one year from the date of th is treaty, shall be paid their full value, to be ascertained by two person s, to be appointed by the President of the United States.ARTICLE 10. As there are some who have valuable buildings on the roads a nd elsewhere upon the lands hereby ceded, should they remove, it is furth er agreed by the aforesaid Commissioners, in behalf of the United State s, that the inconvenience of doing so shall be considered, and such allowa nce made as will amount to an equivalent. For this purpose, there sha ll be paid to the Mingo, Puckshenubbee, five hundred dollars; to Harriso n, two hundred dollars; to Captain Cobb, two hundred dollars; to William H ays, two hundred dollars; to O'Gleno, two hundred dollars; and to all othe rs who have comfortable houses, a compensation in the same proportion.ARTICLE 11. It is also provided by the Commissioners of the United State s, and they agree in behalf of said states, that those Choctaw Chiefs a nd Warriors, who have not received compensation for their services duri ng the campaign to Pensacola, in the late war, shall be paid whatever is d ue them over and above the value of the blanket, shirt, flap, and leggin s, which have been delivered to them.ARTICLE 12. In order to promote industry and sobriety amongst all class es of the Red people, in this nation, but particularly the poor, it is fur ther provided by the parties, that the agent appointed to reside here, sha ll be, and he is hereby, vested with full power to seize and confiscate a ll the whiskey which may be introduced into said nation, except that us ed at public stands, or brought in by the permit of the agent, or the prin cipal Chiefs of the three Districts.ARTICLE 13. To enable the Mingoes, Chiefs, and Head Men of the Choctaw nat ion, to raise and organize a corps of Light-Horse, consisting of ten in ea ch District, so that good order, may be maintained, and that all men, bo th white and red, may be compelled to pay their just debts, it is stipulat ed and agreed, that the sum of two hundred dollars shall be appropriat ed by the United States, for each district, annually, and placed in the ha nds of the agent, to pay the expenses incurred in raising and establishi ng said corps; which is to act as executive officers, in maintaining go od order, and compelling bad men to remove from the nation, who are not au thorized to live in it by a regular permit from the agent.ARTICLE 14. Whereas the father of the beloved Chief Mushulatubbee, of t he Lower Towns, for and during his life, did receive from the United Stat es the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, annually; it is hereby stipul ated, that his son and successor Mushulatubbee, shall annually be paid t he same amount during his natural life, to commence from the ratificati on of this Treaty.ARTICLE 15. The peace and harmony subsisting between the Choctaw Nati on of Indians and the United States, are hereby renewed, continued, and de clared to be perpetual.ARTICLE 16. These articles shall take effect, and become obligatory on t he
contracting parties, so soon as the same shall be ratified by the Presi dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United State s.In testimony whereof, the commissioners plenipotentiary of the United Stat es and the Mingoes, head men, and warriors, of the Choctaw nation, have he reunto subscribed their names and affixed their seals, at the place abo ve written, this eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one th ousand eight hundred and twenty, and of the independence of the United Sta tes the forty-fifth.Andrew Jackson,Thomas Hinds, Commissioners,Medal Mingoes:Puckshenubbee, his x mark, (Apukshunnubbee)Pooshawattaha, his x mark, (Pushmataha)Mushulatubbee, his x mark, (Moshulatubbee)Chiefs and warriors:General Humming Bird, his x mark,James Hanizon, his x mark,Talking Warrior, his x mark,Little Leader, his x mark,Captain Bob Cole, his x mark,Red Fort, or Oolatahooma, his x mark,Choctawistonocka, his x mark,Oglano, his x mark,Chuleta, his x mark,John Frazier, his x mark,Oakchunhmia, his x mark.,Nockestona, his x mark,Chapahooma, his x mark,Onanchahabee, his x mark,Copatanathoco, his x mark,Atahobia, his x mark, (Itobiah or Attobah)Opehoola, his x mark,Chetantanchahubbee, his x mark,Captain Lapala, his x mark,Panchahabbee, his x mark,Chuckahicka, his x mark,Tallahomia, his x mark,Totapia, his x mark,Hocktanlubbee, his x mark,Tapawanchahubbee, his x mark,Capt. Red Bird, his x mark,Capt. Jerry Carhey, his x mark,Chapanchahabbee, his x mark,Tunnupnuia, his x mark,Ponhoopia, his x mark,Ticbehacubbee, his x mark,Suttacanchihubbee, his x mark,Capt. William Beams, his x mark,Captain James Pitchlynn,Capt. James Garland, his x mark,Tapanahomia, his x mark,Thlahomia, his x mark,Tishotata, his x mark,Inoquia, his x mark,Ultetoncubbee, his x mark,Palochubbee, his x mark,Jopannu, his x mark,Captain Joel H. Vail,Tapanastonahamia, his x mark,Hoopihomia, his x mark,Chelutahomia, his x mark, Tuskiamingo, his x mark,Young Captain, his x mark,Chiefs and warriors:Hakatubbee, his x mark,Tishoo, his x mark,Capt. Bobb, his x mark,Hopeanchahabee, his x mark,Capt. Bradley, his x mark,Capt. Daniel M'Curtain, his x mark,Mucklisahopia, his x mark,Nuckpullachubbee, his x mark,George Turnbull,Captain Thomas M'Curtain, his x mark,Oakehonahooma, his x mark,Capt. John Cairns, his x mark,Topenastonahooma, his x mark,Holatohamia, his x mark,Col. Boyer, his x mark,Holantachanshahubbee, his x mark,Chuckahabbee, his x mark,Washaschahopia, his x mark,Chatamakaha, his x mark,Hapeahomia, his x mark,William Hay, his x mark,Captain Samuel Cobb, his x mark,Lewis Brashears, his x mark,Muckelehamia, his x mark,Capt. Sam. Magee, his x mark,Ticbehamia, his x mark,Doctor Red Bird, his x mark,Oontoola, his x mark,Pooshoushabbee, his x mark,Casania, his x mark,Joseph Nelson, his x mark,Unahubbee, his x mark,Red Duck, his x mark,Muttahubbee, his x mark,Capt. Ihokahatubbee, his x mark,Alex. Hamilton,Capt. Red Knife, his x mark,Shapahroma, his x mark,Capt. Tonnanpoocha, his x mark,Mechamiabbee, his x mark,Tuskanohamia, his x mark,Tookatubbetusea, his x mark,William Frye, his x mark,Greenwood Leftore, his x mark,Archibald MaGee, his x mark,Capt. Ben Burris, his x mark,Tusconohicca, his x mark,Capt. Lewis Perry, his x mark,Henekachubbee, his x mark,Tussashamia, his x mark,Capt. Charles Durant, his x mark,Plate Durant, his x markWitnesses present at sealing and signing:Saml. R. Overton, secretary to the commission,Eden Brashears,J. C. Bronaugh, assistant surgeon-general, S. D., U. S. Army,H. D. Downs,Wm. F. Cangent,Wm. M. Graham, first lieutenat, Corps of Artillery,Andrew J. Donelson, brevet second lieutenant Corps of Engineers and aid-de -camp to General Jackson,P. A. Vandorn,John H. Esty,John Pitchlynn, United States interpreter,M. Mackey, United States interpreter,Edmund Falsome, interpreter, x,James Hughes,Geo. Fisher,Jas. Jackson, jr.Source: Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. (Treati