The Most Perfect Justice: Alexander McGillivray and George Washington Strive to Save the Creek Nation Rupa Published: 06/25/2005

Published: 06/25/2005

especially its beliefs

With a compelling narrative and clear illustrations

the toll it took on his family

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The Most Perfect Justice: Alexander McGillivray and George Washington Strive to Save the Creek Nation Rupa Published: 06/25/2005Alexander McGillivray, chief of the Creek Nation, was the most powerful Native American in the United States when George Washington became the nation's first president in 1789. Both men faced uncertainty. McGillivray, of what is now Alabama, had been on the losing side of the Revolutionary War backing the British. Washington faced the task of making the new nation a political reality. He wanted a national policy toward the Native Americans that would