St. Clair and Wayne 37 



of Creeks from the upper towns made an unpro- 

 voked foray into Georgia, killed two settlers, and 

 carried off a negro and fourteen horses ; the militia 

 who followed them attacked the first Indians they 

 fell in with, who happened to be from the lower 

 towns, and killed twelve ; whereupon the same chiefs 

 disavowed all responsibility for the deeds of the 

 Upper Town warriors, and demanded the immedi- 

 ate surrender of the militia who had killed the 

 Lower Town people to the huge indignation of the 

 Governor of Georgia. 4 



The United States Commissioners were angered 

 by the lawless greed with which the Georgians 

 grasped at the Indian lands; and they soon found 

 that though the Georgians were always ready to 

 clamor for help from the United States against the 

 Indians, in the event of hostilities, they were equally 

 prompt to defy the United States authorities if the 

 latter strove to obtain justice for the Indians, or if 

 the treaties concluded by the Federal and the State 

 authorities seemed likely to conflict. 5 The Commis- 

 sioners were at first much impressed by the letters 

 sent them by McGillivray, and the "talks" they re- 

 ceived through the Scotch, French, and English 

 half-breed interpreters 6 from the outlandishly named 

 Muscogee chiefs the Hallowing King of the War 



4 American State Papers, Vol. IV, 31, 32, 33. Letter of 

 Governor Matthews, August 4, 1787, etc. 



8 Do., p. 49. Letter of Benjamin Hawkins and Andrew 

 Pickens, December 30, 1785. 



6 Do., e. g., the letter of Galphin and Douzeazeaux, June 

 14, 1787. 



