Death
The National Council ruled that the signatories had to be executed for ceding the land. On April 30, 1825, the Red Stick leader Menawa, and 120-150 Law Menders from towns in the ceded territory, set McIntosh's house on fire. McIntosh escaped from the house with Etommee Tustunnuggee, another Creek chief who signed the 1825 treaty. They were killed by gunfire. Later that day, the Law Menders found the Hawkins brothers; they hanged Samuel and shot Benjamin, but he escaped.
Members of the National Council, including Menawa, went to Washington to protest the 1825 treaty. The US government rejected the 1825 treaty as fraudulent, and negotiated the 1826 Treaty of Washington, which allowed the Creek to keep about 3 million acres (12,000 km2) in Alabama. In this new treaty, the Creek received an immediate payment of $217,660 and a perpetual annuity of $20,000. The state of Georgia ignored the new treaty and worked to evict the Creek from their lands before removal started in the 1830s.
His interment was at the McIntosh Reserve in Carroll County, Georgia.
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