Unknown Questions to the Tallisee King respecting the Treaty of Galphinton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04672 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 6 August 1790 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 33.4 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy
Transcript of an interview with king of the Tallassees of the Creek Nation with an edit (p.2) in Henry Knox's hand. When asked if the king consented to ceding certain lands "eastwards of a line to be drawn from the Oconee...River to the head of the St. Mary's River" in the Treaty of Galphinton in 1785, the king reports he did not. The king adds that the Tallassees did not have such a right without the consent of the whole Creek nation. The king is also asked about Shoulder Bone Treaty of 1784 to which the king was a party. Mentions Alexander McGillivray, the part white Creek leader who tried to prevent loss of Creek land. In a secretarial hand. Docket in the hand of, and signed by, Secretary of War Henry Knox who may have been the interviewer.
[draft - partial]
[3] ...They also demanded some [4] some lives - which we to them we could not give - but they took some hostages untill we should do it.
This is also confirmed by the [Swagolo] King who was one the hotages...
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