USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On February 12, 1825, Chief McIntosh signed a treaty at Indian Springs selling the remaining Creek land in Georgia.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Mcintosh was born at Cusseta in what is now Carroll County in 1778. His mother was a full-blooded Creek Indian, and his father, Captain William Mcintosh, was a Scotchman in the British Army. But the story of Chief Mcintosh goes back in time to the origin of his race and the beginning of his people, the Creeks.

Detailed explanation-3: -The treaty was signed on January 8, 1821, at Indian Springs, Georgia. Treaty talks, which began in December 1820 at an inn owned by Lower Creek headman William McIntosh, involved representatives from the federal government, Georgia, and more than 20 Creeks led by McIntosh and Tustunnugee Hopoie (Little Prince).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Muscogee and the United States had signed the First Treaty of Indian Springs in 1821, under which the former ceded their territory east of the Flint River to Georgia. In exchange, the federal government of the United States paid them $200, 000 in installments and assumed their debts to the Georgian people.

Detailed explanation-5: -During Troup’s term, McIntosh signed the unauthorized Treaty of Indian Springs (1825) which surrendered all Creek lands in Georgia as well as substantial property in Alabama. The National Council pronounced him guilty of treason and sent Law Menders to execute McIntosh and destroy his property.