The Treaty of the Creek Agency was signed on January 22, 1818, at the Creek Agency on the Flint River

Flint River (Georgia)

The Flint River is a river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains of western Georgia, flowing south from the upper Piedmont region south of Atlanta to the wetlands of the Gulf Coastal Plain in the southwestern corner of the state. Along with the Apalachicola and the Chattahoochee rivers,...

 in Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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. The treaty was handled for the U.S. by former Governor of Georgia David Brydie Mitchell

David Brydie Mitchell

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 who was serving as President James Monroe

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's agent of Indian affairs for the Creek

Creek people

The Muscogee , also known as the Creek or Creeks, are a Native American people traditionally from the southeastern United States. Mvskoke is their name in traditional spelling. The modern Muscogee live primarily in Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida...

 nation. The terms of the treaty ceded two tracts of land to the United States

United States

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in exchange for $120,000 paid to the Creeks over the course of 11 years.