Creek territory was constrained to a strip in east central Alabama along the Georgia border.

In return, individual Creeks were to be granted land claims in the former Creek territory.

He worked to establish a Creek national identity and centralized leadership as a means of resisting European-American expansion onto Creek territory.

A Loyalist like his father, McGillivray resented the developing United States Indian policy; however, he did not wish to leave Creek territory.

Most of the Freedmen were former slaves of tribal members who had lived in both upper and lower Creek territories in the Southeast.

In 1794 he organized the Trans-Oconee Republic, several settlements in counties of Georgia in traditional Creek territory.

For every ejection of a trespasser evacuated by troops at Fort Mitchell, 10 intruders would cross the river and enter Creek territory.

It was a time of increasing pressure on Creek territory by European-American settlers.

After staying overnight at the fort, they begin their route west to Montgomery, Alabama via military escort through former Creek territory.

Weatherfood joined the Red Sticks along the frontier, where they tried to repulse American settlers from Creek territory.