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A delegation from the Creek National Council, led by chief Opothleyahola, traveled to Washington, D.C., with a petition to the American president John Quincy Adams to have it revoked.
TREATY OF WASHINGTON (January 24, 1826): In response to protests from chiefs and headman of the Creek Nation against the validity of the treaty of 1825, President John Quincy Adams decided that the treaty of Indian Springs was flawed.
Jun 1, 2023 · Vigorous Creek protests led President John Quincy Adams to appoint Brevet General Edmund P. Gaines to investigate the Creek claims.
Jan 7, 2018 · 1825 John Quincy Adams - Treaty of Indian Springs By 1827, the Muscogee/Creek nation gave up all of their land in Georgia, despite promises by the U.S. government and a Council of Chiefs determined not to cede any more land.
Aug 31, 2017 · After receiving a delegation of Creeks in the capital, Adams intervened and demanded that Troup give the Indians a fairer deal for their lands, leading to the 1826 Treaty of Washington....
Early in his term, Adams suspended the Treaty of Indian Springs after learning that the Governor of Georgia, George Troup, had forced the treaty on the Muscogee. Adams signed a new treaty with the Muscogee in January 1826 that allowed the Muscogee to stay but ceded most of their land to Georgia.
In John Quincy Adams’ “Message Regarding the Creek Indians” he makes the case for better protection of Indian Territories, in accordance with the 1826 treaty.
