On This Day In Alabama History: U.S., Creek Nation Signed Treaty Of Cusseta
By Graydon Rust
Alabama 200
March 24, 1832
The U.S. government and the Creek Nation signed the Treaty of Cusseta in Washington, D.C. In the treaty, the Creek Nation ceded its remaining 5 million acres in Alabama in exchange for about $350,000 and land claims for any Creek wishing to remain in the state. The agreement followed a series of state and federal laws passed to undermine the authority of Native Americans and to encourage their emigration west, including the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Creek landowners received about 2 million acres in land claims, but many of them quickly lost the land to swindlers and illegal squatters.
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