. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . ation? Written Work. Write a description of the removalof the Cherokees. How the Cherokee Nation Westwas formed. Reading. Life of General Winfield Scott. 32 OKLAHOMA HISTORY LESSON 7 REMOVAL OF THE CREEKS The Creeks, or, as they called themselves,Muscogees, originally occupied a large part ofGeorgia and Alabama, just south of the aided the English dur-ing the Revolution, also duringthe War of 1812. At theclose of the latter war theywere forced to give up part oftheir lands. When the agi-tation for the removal of thesouthern
. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . ation? Written Work. Write a description of the removalof the Cherokees. How the Cherokee Nation Westwas formed. Reading. Life of General Winfield Scott. 32 OKLAHOMA HISTORY LESSON 7 REMOVAL OF THE CREEKS The Creeks, or, as they called themselves,Muscogees, originally occupied a large part ofGeorgia and Alabama, just south of the aided the English dur-ing the Revolution, also duringthe War of 1812. At theclose of the latter war theywere forced to give up part oftheir lands. When the agi-tation for the removal of thesouthern Indians began in realearnest, part of the Creeklands were in Georgia, but thelarger part in Alabama, directly south of theCherokees. At the urgent request of the people of Georgia,a treaty was negotiated by the United States,Removal ^ith William Mcintosh and a fewfrom Georgia Q^^gj. Qreeks (1825), by which a fewchiefs, claiming to represent the tribe, ceded tothe United States their lands in Georgia. Thewhites moved upon the Creek lands without wait-. Tecumseh REMOVAL OF THE CREEKS 33 ing for the legality of the treaty to be other Creeks, outraged by the action of Mc-intosh and his associates, were so incensed thatthey withdrew to the Creek lands of the people in Alabama were just as anxiousto get rid of the Indians as were the people ofGeorgia. Gradually the Creeks became convinced thatthey would some time be compelled to 1832 they made a treaty cedine; xi • 1 1 • A 1 1 1 TT . 1 Removal to then lands m Alabama to the United IndianStates, and agreeing to move to the ^^^^ °^^lands assigned to them in Indian Territory. Bythis agreement they were not to move at once,but, as the whites rushed upon the land withoutwaiting for it to be surveyed, the Creeks wereforced to go sooner than they expected. Most ofthem went within a few years after the treaty. The lands assigned the Creeks in the IndianTerritor}^, and to which they moved after thetreat
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