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Alexander McGillivray (December 15, 1750 – February 17, 1793) was a leader of the Creek (Muscogee) Indians during and after the American Revolution
American Revolution

The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
 who worked to establish a Creek national identity and centralized leadership as a means of resisting American expansion onto Creek territory.

McGillivray was born Hoboi-Hili-Miko ("Good Child King") at Little Tallassee in Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
 on the Coosa River
Coosa River

The Coosa River is one of Alabama most developed rivers. It begins at the Confluence of the Oostanaula River and Etowah River Rivers in Rome, Georgia....
. His father, Lachlan McGillivray
Lachlan McGillivray

Lachlan McGillivray was a prosperous fur trader and planter in colonial Georgia with interests that extended from Savannah to what is now central Alabama....
, was a Scottish
Scotland

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 trader (of the Clan MacGillivray
Clan Macgillivray

Clan MacGillivray is a Highland Scottish clan. The clan does not currently have a clan chief therefore it is considered an Armigerous clan....
 chief's lineage).






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Alexander McGillivray (December 15, 1750 – February 17, 1793) was a leader of the Creek (Muscogee) Indians during and after the American Revolution
American Revolution

The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
 who worked to establish a Creek national identity and centralized leadership as a means of resisting American expansion onto Creek territory.

McGillivray was born Hoboi-Hili-Miko ("Good Child King") at Little Tallassee in Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
 on the Coosa River
Coosa River

The Coosa River is one of Alabama most developed rivers. It begins at the Confluence of the Oostanaula River and Etowah River Rivers in Rome, Georgia....
. His father, Lachlan McGillivray
Lachlan McGillivray

Lachlan McGillivray was a prosperous fur trader and planter in colonial Georgia with interests that extended from Savannah to what is now central Alabama....
, was a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 trader (of the Clan MacGillivray
Clan Macgillivray

Clan MacGillivray is a Highland Scottish clan. The clan does not currently have a clan chief therefore it is considered an Armigerous clan....
 chief's lineage). His mother, Sehoy Marchand, was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Louis DeCourtel Marchand, a French officer at Fort Toulouse
Fort Toulouse

Fort Toulouse is a historic fort near the city of Wetumpka, Alabama, Alabama, United States, that is now maintained by the Alabama Historical Commission....
, and Sehoy, a mixed-blooded Creek woman of the prestigious Wind Clan. Educated in Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the largest city and county seat of Charleston County....
, where he learned Latin and Greek, McGillivray returned to the Wind clan at the beginning of the American Revolution after Georgia confiscated the property of his loyalist
Loyalist (American Revolution)

Loyalists were Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain during and after the American Revolutionary War. They were often referred to as Tories, Royalists, or King's Men by the Patriot , those that supported the American cause....
 father, who then returned to Scotland.

A loyalist
Loyalist (American Revolution)

Loyalists were Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain during and after the American Revolutionary War. They were often referred to as Tories, Royalists, or King's Men by the Patriot , those that supported the American cause....
 like his father, he resented much of American Indian policy, however, did not wish to leave the United States. McGillivray became a leading spokesman for all the tribes along the Florida-Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 border areas. In 1790, George Washington
George Washington

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 invited him to attend a conference in New York City that resulted in the Treaty of New York
Treaty of New York

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, an attempt to pacify the Southern frontier. He became a resident of Pensacola
Pensacola, Florida

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 and a member of the Masonic Order
Freemasonry

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.

Sources


  • Forman, Carolyn Thomas. , Chronicles of Oklahoma 7:1 (March 1929) 106-120 (retrieved August 18, 2006).


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