How Is William Mcinntosh Assassination Justified

Although credible sources acknowledge the death of William McIntosh as an assassination commandeered by rival Chief Menwana, Creek law divulges that Chief Menwana was not only justified, but also encouraged by Creek law to kill Chief McIntosh. Chief McIntosh was a controversial Creek leader whose strong relationship with the United States government cast suspicion about his loyalty to the Creeks. In the years prior to his death, William McIntosh attempted to remain a trusted Creek leader while supporting the United States of America. According to Melissa Stock, he was “instrumental” in several wars that helped the United States gain the territory of Native Americans, including the Creek War of 1813, where he led the lower Creeks against the Upper Creeks, despite the results being both the upper and lower Creeks ceding 22 million acres of land.(para. 5) The key event that truly demonstrated that McIntosh abandoned his nation was when he, as
Even google references the death of William McIntosh as an assassination by chief Menwana; however, further investigation provided information proving that the death of William McIntosh was an execution certainly justified and supported by Creek law. Several reliable sources such as that of James Bullman’s claim that William McIntosh signed the treaty ceding Creek land despite a Creek law that he supported stating that “anyone who sold or gave away Creek land would be killed.”(pg.2) Furthermore, “the chiefs(of the Creek nation), in session at the National Council had determined to execute William McIntosh.”(Wright Jr., pg. 263), thus proving that the justified “assassination” of William McIntosh was a government supported