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Jackson dictates terms; the Creek Nation signs away 23 million acres at Fort Jackson
The land taken includes territory held by Creek towns that fought on the American side.
By the summer of 1814, the Creek War had already been decided on a horseshoe-shaped bend of the Tallapoosa River, where Andrew Jackson's forces crushed the Red Stick resistance in March. On August 9, at Fort Jackson near present-day Wetumpka, Alabama, Creek leaders signed a treaty ending the war on Jackson's terms. The nation ceded 23 million acres, all its remaining land in Georgia and much of central Alabama, and agreed to cut off contact with British and Spanish posts. Chief Shelocta's appeal to soften the demands went unheeded…
