Treaty of Cusseta

Tensions eventually resulted in a party of Creek warriors attacking and burning the town of Roanoke, Georgia.

The Treaty of Cusseta required that the Creek nation relinquish all claims to land east of the Mississippi River, including the territory in Alabama.

Despite the land grants, the treaty made clear the intention of the US government to remove as many Creeks as possible to the west in the least amount of time.

Once the treaty went into effect, many of the new Creek landowners were quickly taken advantage of by settlers who often purchased the treaty-promised land for a pittance.

Those Creeks who managed to keep legal title to their lands were soon overwhelmed by squatters, whom state and federal officials generally refused to evict.