. Georgia and state rights. A study of the political history of Georgia from the Revolution to the Civil War, with particular regard to federal relations . |-S O UTII c A It O MX. ■ —L—.—n _. INDIAN CESSIONS IN GEORGIA. JULIUS BIEN & GEORGIA AND STATE RIGHTS. 41 and thanking its commissioners for their vigilance andpatriotism, addressed to the Congress a memorial against theattempted infringement of State rights/ In thesame spiritas at Galphinton, negotiations were held in October, 1786, atShoulderbone Creek, between Georgia commissioners and asmall delegation of Creek chiefs, who as
. Georgia and state rights. A study of the political history of Georgia from the Revolution to the Civil War, with particular regard to federal relations . |-S O UTII c A It O MX. ■ —L—.—n _. INDIAN CESSIONS IN GEORGIA. JULIUS BIEN & GEORGIA AND STATE RIGHTS. 41 and thanking its commissioners for their vigilance andpatriotism, addressed to the Congress a memorial against theattempted infringement of State rights/ In thesame spiritas at Galphinton, negotiations were held in October, 1786, atShoulderbone Creek, between Georgia commissioners and asmall delegation of Creek chiefs, who assumed authority toact for the whole nation. A treaty was made which extin-guished the Creek title to all lands east of the Oconee River/ A large number of Creeks showed hostility to the treatieswhich Georgia had recently made, and prepared to contesttheir validity. Alexander McGillivray, a half-breed chief ofdecided political ability and of great ambition, was the mov-ing spirit of this unfriendly party, which plainly comprised amajority of all the Creeks. In the treaties of Augusta, Gal-phinton, and Shoulderbone, McGillivray saw the developmenton the part of Georgia of a firm polgeorgiastaterigh00phil
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