. Bulletin. Ethnology. 782 MACllSTTOSH, WILLIAM MACKINAW [b. a. e. the head of the minority party that ac- quiesced in the proposed emigration to Indian Ter. As such lie frequently visited Washington to treat with officials regarding the transfer of lands and ac- quitted himself as a capable man of busi- ness.—Stanley, Portraits Am. Inds., 13, 1852. Macintosh, William. A mixed-blood Creek, son of a Scotch trader and an Indian woman. The United States, in consideration of the relinquishment by Georgia of the Mississippi territories, en- gaged in 1802 to extinguish -the Indian titles to lands wi
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 782 MACllSTTOSH, WILLIAM MACKINAW [b. a. e. the head of the minority party that ac- quiesced in the proposed emigration to Indian Ter. As such lie frequently visited Washington to treat with officials regarding the transfer of lands and ac- quitted himself as a capable man of busi- ness.—Stanley, Portraits Am. Inds., 13, 1852. Macintosh, William. A mixed-blood Creek, son of a Scotch trader and an Indian woman. The United States, in consideration of the relinquishment by Georgia of the Mississippi territories, en- gaged in 1802 to extinguish -the Indian titles to lands within the borders of the state as early as could be peaceably done on reasonable terms. A cession was pro- cured in 1805 l>y which millions of acres of Creek lands were transferred to Georgia. The people of the state constantly clam-. WILLIAM MACINTOSH. ored for the fulfilment by the Govern- ment of its compact, and the Creeks, alarmed at the prospective wholesale alienation of their ancient domain, on the motion of ^Macintosh made a law in general council in 1811 fiirbidding the sale of any of the remaining land under penalty of dedh. Macintosh, who by his talents and address had risen to be chief of the Lower Creeks, led the Creek allies of the Americans in the war of 1812 with the rank of major and took the chief part in the massacre of 200 of the hostile Creeks, who were surprised at Atasi on Nov. 29, 1813. He was prominent also in the final battle with the hostiles, Mar. 27, 1814, when, at Horseshoe Bend, Ala., nearly a thousand warriors were exter- minated. A large part of the territory of the conquered tribe was confiscated and opened to white settlement. In 1818 more lands were acquired by treaty, and in 1821 the fifth treaty was negotiated by Georgian citizens acting on behalf of the United States, with Macintosh, who was in the pay of the whites, and a dozen other chiefs controlled by him, while 36 chiefs present refused to sign and made clear to the commissioners
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