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degree these qualifications, invested him with full power to di- 

 rect the plan of operations against the Indians, and which he 

 did with complete success. In October, 1786, a detachment 

 of 1500 men was ordered by Governor Telfair to attend the 

 Commissioners appointed to treat with the Creek Indians, and 

 which was placed under the command of General Twiggs. 

 Previous to this period, he had been a commissioner to nego- 

 tiate treaties with the Indians. At Augusta, on May 31st, 1783, 

 in conjunction with Lyman Hall, Elijah Clarke, W. Few, Ed- 

 ward Telfair, and Samuel Elbert, he made a treaty with the 

 Cherokees, and in November, of the same year, a treaty with 

 the Creeks. In 1785, he concluded a treaty with the 

 Creeks at Galphinton. At Shoulder Bone, in obedience 

 to the orders of Governor Telfair, he attended the Commis- 

 sioners appointed to negotiate a treaty with the Creeks. In 

 1791 he was promoted to the rank of Major General. In 

 1794, his former associate in arms, General Elijah Clarke, 

 and his adherents, took possession of the territory on the In- 

 dian side of the Oconee, and General Twiggs received orders 

 to draft 600 men to proceed against him. Clarke, however, 

 abandoned the project before the military force was organized. 

 It will be remembered, that the Legislature of 1795 passed an 

 act for the sale of the Western Territory. An account of 

 that infamous transaction may be found in our sketch of Gene- 

 ral James Jackson, and we allude to it here to have an oppor- 

 tunity of saying that General Twiggs was violently opposed 

 to it, and was one of the principal agents in having the act 

 declared null and void by the Legislature of 1796. In 1800, 

 General Twiggs was honoured by the Legislature with the 

 appointment of a Trustee of Franklin University, and in its 

 prosperity he continued to take a deep interest to the close of 

 his life. This devoted friend to Georgia died on the 29th of 

 March, 1816, aged 65 years. He had always requested that 

 no monument should be placed over his grave. He was five 

 feet ten inches in height, stoutly made, well proportioned, gray 

 eyes, florid complexion. He was affable and hospitable. His 

 house was open to all. To his fellow-soldiers of the Revolu- 

 tion he was much attached ; and his sons can remember when 

 whole nights were consumed by the soldiers of '76, at General 



