ARTICLE XXIX. The proceeds of such sales shall belong entirely to members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, and be distributed among them or invested for them in proportion to the whole population of each, in such manner as the Legislatures of said nations shall provide; nor shall any other persons ever have any interest in the annuities or funds of either the Choctaw or Chickasaw people, nor any power to legislate in regard thereto. ARTICLE XXX. Whenever the desire of the Creek and Seminole people and the Cherokees to become a part of the said State shall be expressed, in the same manner and with the same formalities, as is above provided for in the case of the Choctaw and Chickasaw people, the country of the Creeks and Seminoles, and that of the Cherokees, respectively, or either by itself, may be annexed to and become an integral part of said State, upon the same conditions and terms, and with the same rights to the people of each, in regard to citizenship and the proceeds of their lands. [266] Abel, "Proposals for an Indian State in the Union, 1778-1878," in the American Historical Association, _Report_, 1907, pp. 89-102. [267] _Official Records_, first ser., vol. iii, 577. [268] Articles V and VI. [269] Article VIII. [270] Article XI. [271] Article XII. [272] Article VII of the Seminole Treaty [p. 334], and Article VII likewise of the Creek Treaty [p. 291]. [273] Article IV of the Cherokee Treaty [pp. 395-396]. [274] In the matter of the guarantee of territorial integrity, the treaties of the Second Class were strictly on a par with those of the First Class. See Article VIII of the Osage Treaty [p. 364], Article XIX of the Seneca and Shawnee Treaty [p. 378], Article VII of the Quapaw [p. 387]. [275] Article XLVII [pp. 407-408]. [276] Article V [p. 348]. [277] Article III [pp. 374-375]. [278] Article V [p. 291]. [279] Article I [p. 354]. [280] For an illustration of how the Seminoles had been preferring the claim, see the following affidavit: Be it known that on this 22d day of January, A.D. 1856, personally appeared before me, J. W. Washbourne, United States' Agent for Seminoles, in open Council, the following named Chiefs and Head men of the Seminole tribe of Indians, and deposed to the subsequent statement.