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governor in the state's first popular election in 1825. It was signed by only six chiefs; the Creek National Council denounced it, ordering the execution of McIntosh and the other Muscogee signatories, as it was a capital crime to alienate tribal land. On April 29, the Upper Creek chief
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in present-day Carroll County, Georgia. They killed him and two other signatories, and set fire to the house. Both his sons-in-law, Samuel and Benjamin Hawkins, Jr. were slated for execution; Samuel was hanged but Benjamin escaped and lived for another decade.
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Troup refused to recognize the new treaty, and ordered the Muscogee lands surveyed for a land lottery. He began forcibly evicting the Lower Creek. Adams threatened federal intervention, but backed down after Troup mobilized Georgia militia.
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and the United States originally on February 12, 1825 with an additional article added on February 14, 1825 at what is now the
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tried and failed to secure a treaty that would see the Muscogee cede their territory east of the
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paid them $ 200,000 in installments and assumed their debts to the Georgian people.
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took 200 warriors to attack McIntosh at his plantation (McIntosh Reserve) on the
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The Politics of Indian Removal: Creek Government and Society in Crisis
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Land cession treaty between the Muscogee tribe and the United States
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in 1821, under which the former ceded their territory east of the
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A delegation from the Creek National Council, led by chief
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In December 1824, the American envoys Duncan Campbell and
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ratified the treaty on March 7 by a margin of one vote.
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The treaty was popular with Georgians, who reelected
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