Ratified treaty no. 61, Documents relating to the negotiation of the treaty of August 9, 1814, with the Creek Indians
Date
August 9, 1814
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service
Summary
1. Sec. of War to Return J. Meigs, U. S. Ind. Agt., May 31, 1814, re authority granted to Jackson to treat with the "subdued Creeks." (IA, LS, vol. C., p. 168-169)
2. Documents (copies) re negotiations with Creeks: Extracts from the Minutes of Occurence... Aug. 7-Sept. 21, 1814. (37 p.)|* "Journal of Occurences" at meetings following treaty. (9 p.)* Benj. Hawkins to Sec. of War, Sept. 22, 1815, transmitting above journal and describing it as concerning "our Convention of Creeks and Cherokees."*
Note: No instructions to Andrew Jackson as treaty comr. found. For instructions to Maj. Gen. Pinckney (Mar. 17 and 20, 1814) and correspondence re Creek hostilities and treaty, see American State Papers: Indian Affairs, 1:836-861.