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Creek Indian collection, 1798-1837.

Title: Creek Indian collection, 1798-1837.

The collection consists of documents relating mainly to the Creek Indians in the Indian territory of Georgia from 1798-1837. Includes the deposition of William Cavanah, dated January 28, 1798, Jefferson County, Georgia regarding Indian disorders at his plantation in Montgomery County (Ga.); deposition of Brig. Gen. David Blackshear of the Georgia Militia dated Sept. 29, 1813 regarding protection of the Indian frontier and the erection of three forts--Adams, Clark, and McIntosh; letter from Samuel Jackson, Nov. 8, 1813 to Jack F. Cock ordering Cock's company of Georgia Militia to proceed to Smith's fort for protection of the frontier; a declaration signed by Little Prince and twenty-eight Creek town chiefs, dated Aug. 24, 1826, Broken Arrow, Creek Nation regarding laws; another declaration signed by Chilly McIntosh and eight others dated Aug. 28, 1826 disputing the laws cited by Little Prince under which General William McIntosh had been executed and his property confiscated; and a statement, dated Sept. 28, 1836 signed by J.A. Chambers made by prisoners brought in from Thomas County (Ga.) regarding attacks by whites upon Creek Indians crossing the Chattahoochee River, the capture of Eneah Mathla, and the escape of a party of Uchus.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

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Smylie, John. Letter, 1825.

Title: Letter, 1825.

Letter, 1825 May 7, from John Smylie, in Macon Ga., to Rev. James Smylie in Centreville, Amite County, Miss. Discusses his journey through Ala. to Ga. briefly, and the Creek uprising in greater detail, including the killing of Gen. McIntosh, and another chief, Tommytuggenubby, and the narrow escape of Shelley McIntosh, as well as the danger Crowell, the Indian agent, is in. He also remarks that the Creeks seem determined to die rather than acquiesce to whites moving into their nation, and thus are unwilling to respect the recent treaty only a few of their leaders signed at Indian Springs, Ga.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806. Lachlan McIntosh family papers, 1755-1829.

Title: Lachlan McIntosh family papers, 1755-1829.

The series consists of papers of the Lachlan McIntosh family from 1755-1829. The papers include correspondence, military documents, accounts, a journal, and bills or receipts. The materials mainly document General McIntosh's activities during the Revolutionary War and contain a list of killed and wounded on British lines (1776-1777), list of Continental officers for exchange (1780), a journal (1780) documenting the siege of Charleston (S.C.), and a document containing the laws of the Creek Nation as written by Chilly McIntosh.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

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