He arrived at Fort Jackson on July 10, 1814, and immediately summoned the Creek chiefs—friendly and hostile—to a general meeting. When they assembled he hardly acknowledged the help he had received during the war from friendly Creeks. He treated all the Indians in the same manner. For their crime, he told them, the entire Creek Nation must pay. He demanded the equivalent of all expenses incurred by the United States in the war, which by his calculation came to 23 million acres of land. He wanted roughly three-fifths of the present, state of Alabama and one-fifth of Georgia! In addition, the
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