1 Feb 1832 Jahr - 1832: Treaty of Washington (Creeks)

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Creek delegates agree to removal beyond the Mississippi

They gave up 5 million acres, 2 million of which would go to individual Creeks, who could sell or remain in Alabama with federal protection

Treaty broken by US within days

looters, land seekers, defrauders, whiskey sellers, thugs drove thousands of Creeks from their homes into the swamps and forests

federal government did nothing

Gov negotiated a new treaty: providing for prompt emigration west, managed by the Creeks themselves, financed by the national government

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