Indian Springs

Besides see the place where the Creeks signed the Treaty, I want to check with the BOE of that county and see what schools need teachers. I want to see the High School.

to the V.A. Hospital…

I drove on the straight road toward Macon.

There was a lovely little vale at a creek called Turkey.

“After the War of 1812, some Creek leaders such as William McIntosh signed a number of treaties that ceded more and more land to Georgia. Eventually, the Creek Confederacy enacted a law that made further land cessions a capital offense. Nevertheless, on February 12, 1825, McIntosh and other chiefs signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which gave up most of the remaining Creek lands in Georgia.” —from Wikipedia

More people know I.S. as the place where former President F.D. Roosevelt came to rest and take the spa cure. But there’s so much more to this history, especially the signing, ratification, and actually the_ annulment _ of the treaty. And President Adams almost had Federal troops called out to enforce the annulment.

Read the whole history at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creek_(people)