"Major Clark then quotes certain resolutions passed at a meeting of the freedmen held in September, 1869, which, based upon a preamble charging the Choctaws and Chickasaws with willful neglect of their treaty stipulations, set forth—
1. That they do not consider themselves to be bound by the treaty of
1866.
2. That they consider themselves full citizens of the nations and entitled to all their rights as such.
3. That they express their desire to remain in the Indian country.
4. That they desire the sectionizing(sic) and allotment of lands in severalty.
5. That they favor the opening of the Territory to white immigration, and the sale of lands to such immigrants for the benefit of the whole people; and,
6. That they elect three trusty men to serve for them as delegates when ever their interest demands such service.
In commenting on these resolutions Major Clark advances the opinion that the freedmen are entitled to all the rights claimed in the second of them, especially to a share of the tribal funds, and to their proportion of the amount devoted to educational purposes of the benefits of which they are deprived, and asks for further congressional action to enable them to obtain and enjoy these privileges."