A delegation from the Creek National Council, …
Years: 1826 - 1826
A delegation from the Creek National Council, led by chief Opothleyahola, travels to Washington, D.C. with a petition to the American president John Quincy Adams to have it revoked.
They negotiate the 1826 Treaty of Washington, in which the Muscogee surrender most of the lands sought by Georgia under more generous terms, retaining a small piece of land on the Georgia-Alabama border and the Ocmulgee National Monument.
They are, moreover, not required to move west.
The treaty was signed on January 24, 1826.
A supplementary article signed on March 31, 1826, corrects some errors and stipulates the exact delineation of the boundary between Georgia and the Creek reserve.
The Federal government agrees to pay the Creeks thirty thousand dollars for yet another piece of land (what will become Carroll County).
Governor George Troup refuses to recognize the new treaty, and orders the Muscogee lands surveyed for a land lottery.
He begins forcibly evicting the Lower Creek.
Adams threatens federal intervention, but, fearing civil war, backs down after Troup mobilizes Georgia militia.
The government allows Troup to quickly renegotiate the agreement and seize all remaining Creek lands in the state.
By 1827, the Creeks will be gone from Georgia.
Within eight years, most of them will be relocated from Alabama to the designated Indian Territory (modern Oklahoma).
They negotiate the 1826 Treaty of Washington, in which the Muscogee surrender most of the lands sought by Georgia under more generous terms, retaining a small piece of land on the Georgia-Alabama border and the Ocmulgee National Monument.
They are, moreover, not required to move west.
The treaty was signed on January 24, 1826.
A supplementary article signed on March 31, 1826, corrects some errors and stipulates the exact delineation of the boundary between Georgia and the Creek reserve.
The Federal government agrees to pay the Creeks thirty thousand dollars for yet another piece of land (what will become Carroll County).
Governor George Troup refuses to recognize the new treaty, and orders the Muscogee lands surveyed for a land lottery.
He begins forcibly evicting the Lower Creek.
Adams threatens federal intervention, but, fearing civil war, backs down after Troup mobilizes Georgia militia.
The government allows Troup to quickly renegotiate the agreement and seize all remaining Creek lands in the state.
By 1827, the Creeks will be gone from Georgia.
Within eight years, most of them will be relocated from Alabama to the designated Indian Territory (modern Oklahoma).
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- Muscogee, or Creek, people (Amerind tribe)
- Georgia, State of (U.S.A.)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- Alabama, State of (U.S.A.)
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Years: 1826 - 1826
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- Muscogee, or Creek, people (Amerind tribe)
- Georgia, State of (U.S.A.)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- Alabama, State of (U.S.A.)
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