redneck_billcollector
Purveyor Of Fine Spirits
It could be argued that but for the British influencing the Lower Creeks during the Revolution and then meddling in the affairs of all the nations on the frontier of the young United States, there would have never been a powerful Seminole nation, or even one at all. Many of who we think of as being Great Native warriors in GA, Alabama and Florida were in more cases than not, more white than they were native, William McIntosh, Alexander McGillivray, William Weatherford, Osceola and John Hicks were all at least half White, either both of their parents being half white or one parent that was fully white. They all pretty much owned slaves and led the life of Southern Planters at one time or other (the exception to being a planter would maybe be Osceola). Alexander McGillivray more than anyone else is probably the most responsible for setting into motion the creation of what we now recognize as the Seminole Nation. It was through his actions that the Lower Creeks (mainly Miccosukee) and the Upper Creeks (Muscogee) ended up sided with the British during the Revolution. His father was a staunch loyalist leading to him becoming one too. He led most of the Creeks during the Revolution and ended up leading many of the Lower Creeks to Florida, he also signed the Treaty of Pensacola with the Spanish shortly after the Revolution giving land to the Lower and Upper Creeks in Florida and contested south west GA (both FLA and GA claimed the lands). Ironically, two of his nephews, William McIntosh and William Weatherford ended up being opposing commanders during the Creek Civil War/Red Sticks War/ First Creek War in 1813 and 1814. Both of them were of the Wind Clan, the most powerful clan in the Creek Confederation at the time of the War.