" This pledge the Georgians never
allowed the federal authorities to forget. After 1815 several large
tracts were liberated. But by that date the State wanted unbroken
jurisdiction over all of the territory within her limits, and her
complaints of laxness on the part of the Federal Government in
bringing this about became no less frequent than vigorous.
Near the close of his Administration President Monroe sent two
commissioners to procure a general cession; and at Indian Spring a
treaty was concluded in which the Creeks ceded practically all of
their lands between the Flint and the Chattahoochee rivers. The Senate
ratified the treaty, and the Georgians were elated. But investigation
showed that the Creeks who stood behind the agreement represented only
an insignificant fraction of the nation, and President Adams refused
to allow Troup, the irate Georgian Governor, to proceed with the
intended occupation until further negotiations should have taken
place. Stormy exchanges of views followed, in the course of which the
Governor more than once reminded Adams that Georgia was "sovereign on
her own soil.
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