The Treaty of the Creek Agency was signed on January 22, 1818, at the
Creek Agency on the
Flint River in
Georgia
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. The treaty was handled for the U.S. by former
Governor of Georgia David Brydie Mitchell who was serving as President
James Monroe
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's agent of Indian affairs for the
Creek nation. The terms of the treaty ceded two tracts of land to the
United States
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in exchange for $120,000 paid to the Creeks over the course of 11 years.
See also
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Treaty of Moultrie Creek
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek was an agreement signed in 1823 between the government of the United States and the chiefs of several groups and bands of Indians living in the present-day state of Florida. The treaty established a reservation in th ...
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Text of the Treaty
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