Introduction

On January 7, 1825, Chilly Mclntosh, son of the half-Scot Creek chief, General William Mclntosh, wrote out for his cousin, Governor George M. Troup,¹ a copy of the laws of the Creek Nation. This was the second known attempt of the Creeks to collect their laws, an earlier version being committed to writing by General William Mclntosh and other Creek leaders in 1818.² It seems that prior to 1818 all laws made in National Council were either kept by memory or in an unorganized manner in writing. After 1818 they were recorded as made or revised, and the original cumulative