Treaty at Colerain with the Creek Nation
Document 1796Treaty between the United States and the Creek Nation, establishing clear boundaries. The Creeks agree to release all prisoners and annex a portion of their land to the U.S. government. The United States, in return for the Creeks allowing the government to establish trading and military posts on their lands, will allot goods to the value of $6,000 and two blacksmiths to be employed for the Creek people.
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Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Treaty between the United States and the Creek Nation, establishing clear boundaries. The Creeks agree to release all prisoners and annex a portion of their land to the U.S. government. The United States, in return for the Creeks allowing the government to establish trading and military posts on their lands, will allot goods to the value of $6,000 and two blacksmiths to be employed for the Creek people.
Date
06/29/1796
Collection
Document number
1796062990001
Page start
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Notable persons
Creek Nation of Indians
Negroes
Benjamin Hawkins
George Clymer
Andrew Pickens
Spanish
blacksmiths
President [Washington]
white people
old Chiefs
King of Spain
hunters
Choctaws
Chickasaws
Cherokees
Superintendent of Indian Affairs
white inhabitants
prisoners
Governor of Georgia
Commissioners
blacksmiths
Upper Creeks
Lower Creeks
persons now under arrest
James Seagrove
Henry Gaither
Constant Freeman
Samuel Tinsley
Samuel Allison
John W. Thompson
George Gillaspy
Timothy Barnard
James Burgess
James Jordan
Richard Thomas
Alexander Cornekls
William Eaton
Senate of the United States
John Adams
Timothy Pickering
Notable locations
Colerain
Georgia
Currahee Mountain
Oconee River
Appalatchee
Tulapocka
Creek Nation
St. Mary's River
Alatamaha
Beards Bluff
Choctaw Country
Holston
Georgia
Notable items
Treaty
tools
peace and friendship
causes of war
trading or military posts
bluff
garrison
violation of the provisions
tract of land
government of the United States
river
cession
Indian lands
ammunition
Treaty of Hopewell
claims to territory
friendly disposition of the Creek Nation
goods
animosities for past grievances
violation of the Treaty of New York
amnesty
resolution
full powers