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Alexander McGillivray (175017 February 1793) was a leader of the Creek (Muscogee) Indians during and after the American Revolution who worked to establish a Creek national identity and centralized leadership as a means of resisting American expansion onto Creek territory. Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... Jump to: navigation, search February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Creeks are an American Indian people originally from the southeastern United States, also known by their original name Muscogee (or Muskogee), the name they use to identify themselves today. ... Jump to: navigation, search The American Revolution is stinkythe series of events, ideas, and changes that resulted in the political separation of thirteen colonies in North America from the British Empire and the creation of the United States of America. ...


McGillivray was born Hoboi-Hilr-Miko at Little Tallassie in Alabama on the Coosa River. His father, Lachlan MacGillivray, was a Scottish trapper and trader and his mother, Sehoy Marchand, was a half-French, half-Wind Indian woman, whose father was a French Army Captain. Educated in Charleston, South Carolina, where he learned Latin and Greek, he returned to the Wind clan at the beginning of the American Revolution after Georgia confiscated the property of his Loyalist father, who then returned to Scotland. Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Camellia State, The Heart of Dixie¹, Yellowhammer State Other U.S. States Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Governor Bob Riley (R) Senators Richard Shelby (R) Jeff Sessions (R) Official languages English Area 52,423 mi²/135,775 km² (30th)  - Land 50,750 mi²/131... The Coosa River is one of Alabamas most utilized rivers. ... Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland Gardens in Scotland... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Fedes Mores Juraque Curat Nickname: The Holy City, The Palmetto City Founded Incorporated 1670   County Berkeley and Charleston Counties Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. ... Loyalists (often capitalized L) were British North American colonists who remained loyal subjects of the British crown during the American Revolutionary War. ...


A Loyalist himself, he resented much of American Indian policy. He became a leading spokesman for all the tribes along the Florida-Georgia frontier. In 1790, George Washington invited him to attend a conference in New York City that resulted in the Treaty of New York, an attempt to pacify the Southern frontier. He became a resident of Pensacola and a member of the Masonic Order. Jump to: navigation, search George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American planter, political figure, the highest ranking military leader in U.S. history and first President of the United States. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Treaty of New york was a treaty, signed in 1790 between leaders of the Native American Creek people, and Henry Knox, then Secretary of War for the United States. ... Pensacola is the name of several cities as well as other things: A number of places in the state of Florida: Pensacola, Florida An area airport, see Pensacola Regional Airport. ... Jump to: navigation, search the Square and Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organisation. ...


External links

  • Encyclopedia of North American Indians
  • "Alexander McGillivray, Emperor of the Creeks" from "Chronicles of Oklahoma" (1929)

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McGillivray, Alexander. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (305 words)
He was born in the Creek country now within the borders of the state of Alabama, the son of Lachlan McGillivray, a Scots trader, and Sehoy Marchand, his French-Creek wife.
McGillivray, an intelligent diplomat, accepted, meanwhile assuring Spanish authorities of his loyalty, and was well received.
McGillivray himself accepted a brigadier generalcy and a yearly pension.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Lachlan McGillivray (1719-1799) (997 words)
McGillivray joined a company led by his relative, Archibald McGillivray, and obtained a license to trade in several villages in the Upper Creek country on the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, in present-day Alabama.
McGillivray enhanced his status by marrying Sehoy Marchand, the daughter of a French officer and a woman of the prestigious Wind Clan of the Creek Nation.
McGillivray and Galphin were largely instrumental in persuading the Creeks to come to Augusta in 1763 to cede a strip of land between the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers to Georgia.
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