United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.1194341825-12-16Copy of a letter dated December 16, 1825, Washington, Brown's Hotel from the Creek delegation and others to the Secretary of War concerning the Treaty of Indian Springs that was signed by General William McIntosh and others, ceding millions of acres of Creek land to whites. The authors of this document insist that the treaty be repealed because McIntosh did not have any legitimate authority to represent the interests of the Creek Nation. They further state that they will refuse any money for this land, and that they will punish McIntosh. George Troup, Governor of Georgia is mentioned within as are George Washington and the late Creek leader Alexander McGillivray. Signatures include Apothle-yoholo (often Opothle Yoholo), John Stidham, Mad Wolf, Yoholo Mico, (Tus hee Kee ?) Tustenuggee, Selocta, Tim poochy Barnard, Apauli Tustenuggee, Charles Cornells, Coosa Tustenuggee, (Ne ha tha ?) Hopie, and Ledagi.Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc126engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 77, folder 27, document 01.Creek Indians--Land tenure[Letter], 1825 Dec. 16, Washington, Brown's Hotel [to the] Secretary of War/ [signed by] Apothle-yoholo ... [et al.]Text