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Each of the ninety Creek chiefs was to receive one section (1 mi 2, 2.6 km 2) of land and each Creek family was to receive one half-section (0.5 mi 2, 1.3 km 2) of land of their choosing. Despite the land grants, the treaty made clear the intention of the US government to remove as many Creeks as possible to the west in the least amount of time.
Map of Georgia from Indian land cessions in the United States; lands ceded under the Treaty of Indian Springs are colored pink. The Treaty of Indian Springs, also known as the Second Treaty of Indian Springs and the Treaty with the Creeks, is a treaty concluded between the Muscogee and the United States originally on February 12, 1825 with an additional article added on February 14, 1825 [1 ...
Under the terms of the treaty, the Muscogee ceded their territory east of the Flint River, some 4,000,000 acres (16,187 km2) to Georgia. In exchange, the United States government agreed to pay the Muscogee some $200,000 over fourteen years, including a first installment of $50,000, and to pay Georgian citizens' claims against them. [ 1 ]
Despite that, the Creeks were relocated to the west. On February 14, 1833, the Treaty of Okmulgee was signed at Fort Gibson. In it the Creeks finally agreed to cede their lands in the east. Article 2 of the 1833 treaty defined the land chosen under the 1825 treaty as being west and south of the Cherokee lands and bordering the Canadian River on ...
Treaty with the Ne-co-ni, Ta-ne-i we, Co-cho-tin-ca and Ya-pa-rih-ca bands of the Ne-um or Comanches of the Prairies and Staked Plain Comanche: 21 December 1861: Relations with Indian tribes in Indian Territory: 2 October 1861: Treaty with the Great Osage Tribe of Indians Osage: 20 December 1861: Relations with Indian tribes in Indian Territory ...
Treaty of Buffalo Creek: Treaty with the Seneca: 7 Stat. 586: Seneca: 1842: October 4: Treaty of La Pointe: Treaty with the Chippewa: 7 Stat. 591: Chippewa: 1842: October 11: Treaty with the Sauk and Foxes: 7 Stat. 596: Sac and Fox: 1843: Agreement with the Delawares and Wyandot: Delaware and Wyandot: 1845: January 4: Treaty with the Creeks and ...
The treaty stipulated that the signatories of the Treaty of Indian Springs would have the same privileges as those who signed the new treaty, and made funding allowances for the Lower Creeks under the late William McIntosh to send a five-person deputation to explore lands west of the Mississippi River for potential resettlement. The United ...
The treaty signing took place on the banks of the Tallapoosa River near the present city of Alexander City, Alabama.The U.S. force, led by General Andrew Jackson, consisted mainly of the West Tennessee Militia and 39th United States Infantry, allied with several groups of Cherokee and Lower Creek friendly to the American side.