"The first communication received at this office regarding the effect of’ this treaty, came from Mr. W. K. McKean, of Ultina Thule, Arkansas, and was dated September 23, 1866. This gentleman, claiming to write at the request of certain freedmen affected by the treaty, stated that many of them having left the country since its conclusion, considered themselves entitled to the allowance of $100 per capita, mentioned in the third article, and asked when this allowance would be paid. He further stated that in view of the probable refusal of’ the Choctaw legislature to concede to them the rights of citizenship, they were anxious to know where they would be removed and settled, and he suggested the county of Sevier, in Arkansas, as a suitable place for such a settlement. To this letter, received upon the 18th of the following October, this office replied upon the 20th by inclosing to Mr. McKean a copy of the treaty."