RC (DNA: RG 46, EPIR, 8th Cong., 2d sess.); endorsed by a Senate clerk. PoC (DLC). Notation in SJL: “Okmulgee treaty.” Enclosures: (1) Treaty between the United States and the Creek nation; signed at the Creek agency near Flint River on 3 Nov. by Benjamin Hawkins for the United States and Hopoie Micco for the Creeks; the Creeks cede land bounded by a line beginning at the “High shoals of Apalatchee” and extending to the first fork of the Ocmulgee River and from there down the Ocmulgee to the Oconee River and then up that river to the line established under the Treaty of Fort Wilkinson; a tract of land four miles long and two miles wide to include the Ocmulgee “old fields” is also ceded and is to be used for a trading establishment; in exchange, the United States shall supply two sets of blacksmith’s tools and workers for 10 years, shall extend the time of the blacksmiths promised for Fort Wilkinson from 3 to 10 years, and shall pay the Creeks $200,000 in six-percent stock, the dividends of which are to be distributed to the tribe semiannually; the president may cause the line to be run “at such time and manner as he may deem proper” (printed copy in DNA: RG 46, EPIR). (2) Dearborn to James Wilkinson, Hawkins, and Andrew Pickens, 12 Apr. 1802, advising on objects of negotiations with the Creeks; the United States seeks a cession beginning at the junction of the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers and running south to the source of the Saint Marys River, then down that river to the “old line,” and then by that line to the Altamaha River; because the Creeks have previously sold this tract to Georgia, Dearborn expects that a payment of $10,000 with an annuity of $1,500 will be sufficient; the second object is title to the land between the Oconee and the Ocmulgee Rivers as far as Fort Wilkinson, or as near to that as the Creeks will concede; the commissioners are authorized to relinquish U.S. claims to land west of a line near the mouth of the Ocmulgee to the Saint Marys, but they are not to compromise on the first object in any way; if the second desired tract can extend to a line near Fort Wilkinson, Dearborn authorizes a payment of $25,000 with an annuity of $2,000 (printed copy in same). (3) Dearborn to Wilkinson, Hawkins, and Robert Anderson, 5 May 1803, appointing them commissioners to negotiate with the Creeks; they are to seek cession of the tract between the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers; “more particular attention” is to be paid to acquiring land lying between the Ocmulgee and the western boundary ceded by the Creeks in July 1802; payment is at the commissioners’ discretion, but Dearborn has sent $12,000 to the branch bank at Savannah and $2,000 to the U.S. agent at Fort Wilkinson; only $30,000 having been appropriated for negotiations with Indian nations, they are to confine their “positive stipulations within such reasonable limits as will not exceed the appropriations” (printed copy in same; see Vol. 41:437n). (4) Dearborn to Hawkins, 2 Apr. 1804, instructing Hawkins to negotiate for a further cession of land between the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers; he is to work with David Meriwether, who although not appointed commissioner is to have “full weight” in aiding negotiations; Hawkins should not exceed the $12,000 that Dearborn has authorized; any larger sums will require congressional approval; Hawkins may bring “one or two thousand dollars’ worth of goods at the council” if he considers it helpful (printed copy in DNA: RG 46, EPIR). (5) Hopoie Micco to Hawkins, undated, explaining that “the tract of land at the Ocmulgee old fields is ours”; he expects justice to be done to “our merchants and traders” there; he requests that Hawkins include this message with the treaty just concluded, “that the President may see it” (printed copy in same). (6) Hawkins to Dearborn, 3 Nov. 1804, on his negotiations with Hopoie Micco and “the most distinguished chiefs of the opposition”; Hawkins, whose proposals were met “with all the arguments as well as rudeness in their power,” discusses the Creeks’ efforts to secure annuities for all their towns, full value for the “lands beyond Ocmulgee,” and relief from their debts; after several days, Hopoie Micco informed Hawkins that he could get the agreement of the other chiefs to honor the Ocmulgee as a boundary in exchange for the payment of Creek debts and a $500 annuity for each town; Hawkins countered with the treaty sum; Hawkins adds that he has “done the best” he could, and that the land in question is more than two million acres, “half of which is unquestionably the best land in this country” (printed copy in same). Message and enclosures printed in ASP description begins American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1832-61, 38 vols. description ends , Indian Affairs, 1:690-3.