The Treaty of Fort St. Stephens or Treaty of Choctaw Trading House was signed between the United States and the Choctaws at Fort St. Stephens. The treaty was signed at the Choctaw trading house on October 24, 1816. It ceded of Choctaw land east of the Tombigbee River.
The Choctaw had fought with Andrew Jackson during the Creek War (1813âÂÂ1814) and at the Battle of New Orleans (1815) but "despite their efforts in support of American foreign policy, the U.S. government insisted on additional land cessions in the 1816 Treaty of Fort St. Stephens, which transferred millions of acres of Choctaw land in Alabama, including present-day Tuscaloosa, to the United States". According to historian and biographer Robert V. Remini, "Through his influence with and instructions to John Coffee, Andrew Jackson dominated the proceedings...the Indians ceded land east of the Tombigbee River, in return for which the United States agreed to an annual payment of for twenty years and in merchandise on signing the treaty".
The preamble begins with,
1. Lands to be ceded. <br> 2. Pay the Choctaw $6000 US dollars annually for 20 years and $10000 worth of merchandise.
John Coffee, John Rhea, John McKee, Mushoolatubbee, Pooshamallaha, Pukshunnubbu, General Terror, Choctaw Eestannokee, General Humming Bird, Talking warrior, David Folsom, Bob Cole, Oofuppa, Hoopoieeskitteenee, Hoopoieemiko, and Hoopoieethoma.
Witness: Tho. H. Williams, secretary to the commission; John Pitchlynn, interpreter; Turner Broshear [Turner Brashears], interpreter; M. Mackey, interpreter; Silas Dinsmoor; and R. Chamberlin.