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Letter to Wilson Lumpkin from William H. McIntosh
Muscogee (Creek)

Letter to James Barbour from Chilly McIntosh, Intullifkey McIntosh, Ben Danlausau, and [Jin] Danlausau

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Letter from Chilly McIntosh, Intullifkey McIntosh, Ben Danlausau, and [Jin] Danlausau, Washington, to James Barbour, Secretary of War. Asking for removal of Col. John Crowell, agent to the Creek Nation. Discusses murder of Gerneral McIntosh and Etommetustunnugee by a hostile party following a council of the nation. Also discusses the forceful signing of the Treaty at the Indian Springs. Signers are begging the president to send an agent in fear that General McIntosh will be sacrificed if no action is taken.

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Title(s): 
Letter to James Barbour from Chilly McIntosh, Intullifkey McIntosh, Ben Danlausau, and [Jin] Danlausau
Culture: 
Muscogee (Creek), Creek
Date: 
May 17, 1825
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
3826.1406
Previous Number(s): 
68469
Department: 
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