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February 12, 1825, William McIntosh assisted federal commissioners to establish a treaty that sold nearly all of the Creek land remaining in Georgia to the United States. Before the end of April, a squad of hundreds of other Creeks set out to kill him for it. The nation's first congressional investigation and all of the history books written on the topic since 1825 concluded McIntosh had broken Creek law that carried a penalty of death. This conclusion was based on false testimony,...
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February 12, 1825, William McIntosh assisted federal commissioners to establish a treaty that sold nearly all of the Creek land remaining in Georgia to the United States. Before the end of April, a squad of hundreds of other Creeks set out to kill him for it. The nation's first congressional investigation and all of the history books written on the topic since 1825 concluded McIntosh had broken Creek law that carried a penalty of death. This conclusion was based on false testimony, forgeries and lies stemming primarily from the Principal Agent of Indian Affairs, an appointed federal official. The true story told here is far more fascinating than the false story that has been adopted by history.