Minutes from Benjamin Hawkins relative to the treaties with the Creeks
Document 1790Document, minutes relative to treaties with the Creek nation.
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[Indian commands
by the Major
Hamtramck's exbn
on the Weas, on the
fork Dec — 1790
important duty —
he declines the
early departure
of the [undecipherable] Garrison
[undecipherable]]
Type
Document, type undetermined
Description
Document, minutes relative to treaties with the Creek nation.
Date
12/1790
Author
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790129990001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Benjamin Hawkins
McGillivray
Governor Houston
Notable locations
Savanna
[Savannah]
Augusta
Notable items
long and frequent conversations with them on the treaty and the Oconee lands lining the land in question
indians uniformly disliked the treaty and complained of it as being in some sort forced upon them upon efforts being made to settle all differences
not a compleat representation of their nation
relinquish their claims
promises to meet again
southern indians
Congress
sent a letter
strongly expressinve of that disapprobation
laid before the legislature
passed an act directing the governor to appoint commissioners on behalf of the state and to invite the Creeks to appoint persons on their side to meet
governor sent a talk to the kings, headmen and warriors of the Creek nation
invited them to choose commissioners on their part in conformity with the said act
Creeks expressed their disapprobation of the treaty at Agusta in the month of June