born 0441; 1759
died Feb. 17, 1793, Pensacola, Fla.
Principal chief of the Creek Indians in the years following the American Revolution.
Of French and Creek descent, he was tutored by whites in Charleston, S.C., before being made a Creek chief. Distrustful of American land speculators, he signed a treaty (1784) with the Spanish in Florida putting the Creek under Spain's protection. After repeated U.S. entreaties, he agreed to American sovereignty over Creek lands as long as the Creek could remain there free of American encroachments.