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The Treaty of Cusseta, also known as the Third Treaty of Washington, [1] [2] was one of several with the "Five Civilized Tribes."Between 1814 and 1830, the Creek had gradually ceded lands under pressure from European-American settlers and the US government through treaties such as the Treaty of Fort Jackson and the Treaty of Washington (1826).
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 ...
Sketches of Creek leaders, Hysac, or The Woman's Man, and Hopothle Mico, or, The Talassee King of the Creeks, made by John Trumbull in 1790 during negotiations (Yale Beinecke J18 T771 841) The Treaty of New York was a treaty signed in 1790 between leaders of the Muscogee and U.S. Secretary of War Henry Knox , who served in the presidential ...
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.
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 ]
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 ...
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 ...
Creek Freedmen is a term for emancipated Creeks of African descent who were slaves of Muscogee Creek tribal members before 1866. They were emancipated under the tribe's 1866 treaty with the United States following the American Civil War, during which the Creek Nation had allied with the Confederate States of America. Freedmen who wished to stay ...