The Most Perfect Justice: Alexander McGillivray and George Washington Strive to Save the Creek Nation Rupa Frieden is professor of Government

Frieden is professor of Government at Harvard University and the author of many books

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Published: 06/25/2005

The Most Perfect Justice: Alexander McGillivray and George Washington Strive to Save the Creek Nation Rupa Frieden is professor of GovernmentAlexander 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