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Creek Indians
| December 14, 1703 |
Colonel James Moore (Governor of South Carolina) begins a southward sweep for Spanish and Spanish-friendly Indians from the trading post at Ocmulgee Old Fields.
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Creek Indians |
| December 19, 1703 |
Attacked as they approach a fortified position, Colonel Moore, 50 irregulars and about 1,000 Creek Indians attack the town of Ayaville, in present-day Worth County on the Flint River
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Creek Indians |
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Worth County, Georgia |
| December 29, 1703 |
Colonel Moore states he reached Appalachia, and is now returning to Ocmulgee after successfully battling the Spanish and Indians.
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Creek Indians |
| May 21, 1733 |
First treaty with the Creek Indians. When Oglethorpe landed, Tomochichi had granted Oglethorpe the right to use the land on the Savannah River, but explained that chiefs of the Creek Nation needed to also approve the transfer of land. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
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Oglethorpe signs treaty with Creek |
| October 18, 1733 |
Treaty between the Creek and Oglethorpe ratified by the Trustees
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Creek Indians |
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James Oglethorpe |
| June 15, 1738 |
Oglethorpe reports that the Spanish are attempting to bribe the Creek Nation to attack the Georgia colony
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Creek Indians |
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James Oglethorpe |
| July 17, 1739 |
Oglethorpe starts a journey to the Creek capitol of Coweta, accompanied by Lieutenant Dunbar, Ensign Leman and Cadet Erye. They left Savannah, headed to Uchee Town, north of Ebenezer, then headed west along the old Creek Trading Path.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
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James Oglethorpe |
| August 21, 1739 |
Creeks confirm their cession of land to Georgia in a second treaty
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James Oglethorpe |
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Treaty of Coweta |
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Creek Indians |
| January 1, 1740 |
At the head of a fleet that included some 15 boats and 200 men, General Oglethorpe decides to raid two Spanish forts in response to an earlier attack by the Spanish on Amelia Island. The raiding party is a combined force of Highland Rangers, soldiers from Fort Frederica, and Creek, Chickasaw, and Uchee Indians.
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James Oglethorpe |
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Creek Indians |
| July 20, 1747 |
Mary Musgrove, with her husband Thomas Bosomworth and about 200 Creek Indian warriors, marches into Savannah and proclaims herself the Queen of the Creek. She demands payment for services rendered to the colony of Georgia.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| August 10, 1747 |
Queen of the Creeks, Mary Musgrove, claims ownership of much of Georgia, including the land from Savannah to Pipe Makers Bluff
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| December 14, 1747 |
Mico Malatchi made Head of the Creek nation (Muscogee Confederacy). Malatchi then gives Thomas and Mary Bosomworth Ossabaw, St. Catherines and Sapalo islands
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Creek Indians |
| November 3, 1757 |
Because of increased tensions due to the French and Indian War, Georgia signs a peace treaty with the Creek Indians.
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Creek Indians |
| December 26, 1759 |
Treaty made with Creek at Fort Prince George, near the Cherokee village of Keowee (present day South Carolina). Some 30 warriors are left at the fort to ensure that the Creek abide by the treaty. Smallpox breaks out, killing these Creek and fueling a war when the Creek kill the fort's commander in revenge.
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Creek Indians |
| November 10, 1763 |
Creek Indians cede coastal land from the Altamaha to the St. Mary's to Georgia.
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Charlton County, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| May 1, 1773 |
William Bartram heads to Augusta, Georgia, to participate in meetings with the Creek Indians
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William Bartram |
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Creek Indians |
| June 1, 1773 |
Royal Governor James Wright and British Indian Agent John Stuart conclude a meeting to resolve boundary disputes with the Treaty of Augusta, which ceded some 675,000 acres from the Creek Nation to the state of Georgia.
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James Wright |
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Creek Indians |
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Taliaferro County, Georgia |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| June 11, 1773 |
Royal governor James Wright issues a proclamation describing land recently ceded by the Creek Indians, encouraging farmers and artisans to settle with their families.
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James Wright |
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Creek Indians |
| January 16, 1774 |
War breaks out with the Creek over the settlement of recently ceded lands
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Creek Indians |
| March 31, 1774 |
Head Turkey, a Creek on the way to Savannah to negotiate a peace treaty is murdered near Augusta by Thomas Fee. Fee would later escape jail, but Royal governor Wright's offer of a $100 reward appeases the Creek
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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James Wright |
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Creek Indians |
| October 20, 1774 |
Peace treaty signed with the Creek, ending hostilities that commenced in January, 1774
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Creek Indians |
| July 3, 1775 |
Heading west to Creek country from Silver Bluff on the Savannah River (near Augusta), William Bartram spends the night at Ocmulgee Old Fields (now Ocmulgee Mounds National Park).
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Creek Indians |
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William Bartram |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| May 1, 1776 |
200 Creek Indians meet with representatives of the Georgia government in Augusta.
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Creek Indians |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Creek Indians at Augusta |
| June 17, 1777 |
400 Creek warriors, George Galphin, Robert Rae and the Georgia Indian commission meet at Ogeechee Old Town. From here the chiefs journeyed to Augusta and Charleston.
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Creek Indians |
| June 23, 1782 |
General "Mad" Anthony Wayne intercepts a large force of Creek Indians attempting to relieve the British in Savannah. Unknown to General Wayne, he kills Creek Chief Emistesigo (leader of the tribe).
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
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'Mad' Anthony Wayne |
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Georgia and the American Revolution
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| November 1, 1783 |
Creek Indians agree to a land cession of lands in northeast Georgia, claimed by both the Creek and Cherokee Indians
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Creek Indians |
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Johnson County, Georgia |
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Washington County, Georgia |
| November 12, 1785 |
Known as the Treaty of Galphinton, this treaty, signed with the Creek Indians shortly before the Treaty of Hopewell, acknowledged the boundaries of earlier treaties.
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Creek Indians |
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Charlton County, Georgia |
| August 27, 1786 |
Following the uprising of the Creek, Governor Telfair contacts Governor Sevier of Franklin to propose that Georgia and Tennessee march against the Creek at the same time.
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Creek Indians |
| August 7, 1790 |
The Treaty of New York is signed by President George Washington, Alexander McGillivray and others.
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George Washington |
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Creek Indians |
| June 28, 1796 |
A conference between Georgia, the United States and the Creek Confederacy at Coleraine on St. Mary's River ends with the Georgia commissioners denouncing the proceeding as a "...fraud on the state"
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Creek Indians |
| November 29, 1813 |
Battle of Autosee (Atasi) in the Creek War
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Creek Indians |
| August 9, 1814 |
Treaty of Fort Jackson, ceding the lower third of Georgia is signed by the Creek
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Jeff Davis County, Georgia |
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Atkinson County, Georgia |
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Berrien County, Georgia |
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Early County, Georgia |
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Baker County, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| January 22, 1818 |
Treaty with Creek at Creek Agency on the Flint River
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Atkinson County, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| February 13, 1818 |
Andrew Jackson arrives at Fort Early in Crisp County. They will use the fort extensively in the Seminole Indian War and in the War against the Creek Indians
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Crisp County, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| April 8, 1818 |
General Andrew Jackson orders his men to hang Francis the Prophet and Micco Homollimico, Creek Indians who had been captured a few days earlier.
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Creek Indians |
| January 8, 1821 |
Treaty with the Creek at Indian Springs, Creek Nation ceded additional Creek land to Georgia
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Butts County, Georgia |
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Bibb County, Georgia |
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Monroe County, Georgia |
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Pike County, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| February 12, 1825 |
William McIntosh, the son of an American Revolution hero and a Creek woman, signs the Treaty of Indian Springs. In exchange for a plantation on the Chattahoochee River, McIntosh signs away almost all remaining Creek land in Georgia
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Creek Indians |
| April 30, 1825 |
Creek Chief William McIntosh is executed for trading Creek land to the state of Georgia without consent of the Creek tribal council.
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Creek Indians |
| January 24, 1826 |
Treaty with the Creek at Washington, DC. This voided the Treaty of 1825 at Indian Springs
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Creek Indians |
| March 26, 1826 |
A supplement to the Creek Treaty of Jan 24 is signed. |
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Creek Indians |
| January 1, 1827 |
Creek relinquish ceded land in western Georgia.
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Creek Indians |
| December 7, 1835 |
In an address to the House of Representatives, Gov. William Schley charges that Creek Indians from Alabama with hostilities against Georgians living in Stewart and Baker Counties.
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William Schley |
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Creek Indians |
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Stewart County, Georgia |
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Baker County, Georgia |
| June 9, 1836 |
A battle is fought between Georgia militia and Creek Indian in the vicinity of Fort Jones. It is known as the Battle of Shepherd's Plantation
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