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Creek Indians give up their land in Georgia...
Creek Indians give up their land in Georgia...
Item # 702759
April 25, 1826
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., April 25, 1826
* Creek Nation - Treaty of Washington
* Southern Native Americans - Indians
Pages 2 & 3 has more than 2 columns taken up with the: "Creek Treaty", which was a notable treaty with the federal government in which the Creeks ceded much of their land in Georgia. This was also known as the "Treaty of Washington".
Great to have this not this document in a newspaper from the nation's capital.
Four pages, nice condition.
background: The 1826 Creek Nation treaty, formally known as the Treaty of Washington (January 24, 1826), was an agreement between representatives of the Creek Nation and the United States government following mounting tensions over land cessions in Georgia and Alabama. Georgia leaders, eager to open Creek land for white settlement, had pressured the federal government after the controversial 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs, in which a faction led by Chief William McIntosh ceded vast Creek territory without the consent of the larger Creek Nation. McIntosh was executed by his own people for violating Creek law against unauthorized land sales, and the treaty was widely repudiated by the Creeks. To resolve the crisis, U.S. commissioners met with Creek leaders in Washington, D.C., and negotiated the 1826 treaty, which annulled the earlier Indian Springs agreement and restored much of the land, though the Creeks still ceded significant territory in western Georgia. In return, they were promised monetary compensation, provisions, and protection of their remaining lands. Despite these assurances, pressure from Georgia settlers and state authorities continued, and within a decade most of the Creeks were forcibly removed westward along the Trail of Tears.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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