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The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Extract of letter from Colonel R. Hawkins at Creek Agency, August 16, 1814, detailing General Jackson's conclusion of negotiations with Creeks on August 9, his departure on the 11th with troops, and the established boundary line from Coosau River to Georgia.
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Creek Agency, 16th August, 1814.
"General Jackson terminated his negotiations with the Creeks on the 9th, and left there on the 11th with the regular troops, going by water down the Alabama. The line of limits is Coosau river, with a reserve of two miles square for Fort Williams, to the falls of the river seven miles above Fort Jackson, thence eastwardly to a point two miles north of Ofuchshe, (a large creek six miles below Fort Decatur) thence across Tallapoosa to the mouth of the creek, and up the same ten miles in a direct line; thence to Chattahoochee, and across it at the first creek two and a half miles below Okelayoccenne, about 68 miles north of the confluence of Chattahoochee and Flint, thence to Georgia, with an eventual reservation to accommodate the Kinnards."
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Creek Agency
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16th August, 1814
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negotiations terminated on the 9th; boundary line established along coosau river with reserves, extending to georgia.
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General Jackson terminated his negotiations with the Creeks on the 9th, and left there on the 11th with the regular troops, going by water down the Alabama. The line of limits is Coosau river, with a reserve of two miles square for Fort Williams, to the falls of the river seven miles above Fort Jackson, thence eastwardly to a point two miles north of Ofuchshe, (a large creek six miles below Fort Decatur) thence across Tallapoosa to the mouth of the creek, and up the same ten miles in a direct line; thence to Chattahoochee, and across it at the first creek two and a half miles below Okelayoccenne, about 68 miles north of the confluence of Chattahoochee and Flint, thence to Georgia, with an eventual reservation to accommodate the Kinnards.