24 March 1832 (signing)
Creek treaty cedes eastern lands while promising a choice to remain
Washington, D.C.; Muscogee lands east of the Mississippi
The Creek treaty signed in Washington ceded Muscogee lands east of the Mississippi to the United States. It provided individual land selections and possible sales, promised patents to eligible people who remained, and offered support for those who emigrated west.
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Context / qualification
Article XII expressly said emigration was not compulsory. The treaty’s text must be distinguished from the coercion and military removal that followed. It is also known as the Treaty of Cusseta. Signing was March 24; proclamation was April 4. Its existence does not establish that promised protections were delivered.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 7, pp. 141–143; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- Treaty with the Creeks, March 24, 1832, articles I–V and XII; Kappler text at Oklahoma State University ↗