where were the chickasaw indians located?
Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands
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 A total of 17 @,@ 000 Cherokees and 2 @,@ 000 of their black slaves were deported . The area , already occupied by Osage and Quapaw tribes , was called for the Choctaw Nation until revised Native American and then later American policy redefined the boundaries to include other Native Americans . By 1890 , more than 30 Native American nations and tribes had been concentrated on land within Indian Territory or " Indian Country " . 

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 The second major division of the ancestral Pawnees was the Southern , or Black Pawnees . Their migration history is not well documented ; but by 1750 they , with the related and allied Wichitas , had established what seemed to be a secure territory on the Arkansas River . 

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 Around 1800 , Europeans began settling the land east of the Mississippi River that was inhabited by the Chickasaw Indians for centuries prior to the arrival of Europeans . Chickasaw land in West Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky was ceded in the Jackson Purchase after negotiations in which the United States was represented by General Andrew Jackson and Governor Isaac Shelby , while the Chickasaw were represented by their chiefs and warriors . In 1818 , both sides agreed to the transfer by signing the Treaty of Tuscaloosa . In the treaty , the United States agreed to pay the Chickasaw $ 300 @,@ 000 in return for the right to the land east of the Mississippi River and north of the Mississippi state line . 

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 The Apalachee and Timucua of Spanish Florida were virtually wiped out in a raiding expedition by Moore that became known as the Apalachee Massacre of 1704 . Many of the survivors of these raids were relocated to the Savannah River , where they were confined to reservations . Raids consisting of large native forces , sometimes including a small number of white men , continued in the following years , including major expeditions directed at Pensacola in 1707 and Mobile in 1709 . The Muscogee ( Creek ) , Yamasee , and Chickasaw , armed and led by Englishmen , dominated these conflicts at the expense of the Choctaw , Timucua , and Apalachee , the latter being somewhat more pacific in nature than the Creek and Chickasaw . 

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 Around 1800 , Europeans began settling the land east of the Mississippi River that was inhabited by the Chickasaw Indians for centuries prior to the arrival of Europeans . Chickasaw land in West Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky was ceded in the Jackson Purchase . In 1818 , both sides agreed to the transfer by signing the Treaty of Tuscaloosa . 
