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Article: John Davis and Joseph Islands: indigenous missionaries among the Creeks in Indian Territory.(Essay)
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- Baptist History and Heritage
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- March 22, 2008
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The Muscogee Indians, better known as the Creeks, (1) and recognized as one of the Five Civilized Tribes, (2) lived along the Chattahoochee River in Georgia and Alabama when white settlers began arriving. (3)
Whites in Alabama and Georgia pushed forcefully for the removal of all Native Americans from their borders, while United States government officials communicated to them that they would have to move west to a "happy home" because the government could not protect them from oppression by white intruders. (4) The Creeks were divided into two parties, the Upper Creeks and Lower Creeks. The Lower Creeks, whose leaders consented to the sale of their lands and removal, ...