Eventually, the Creek Confederacy enacted a law that made further land cessions a capital offense. Nevertheless, on February 12, 1825, McIntosh and other chiefs signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which gave up most of the remaining Creek lands in Georgia. After the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty, McIntosh was assassinated on April 30, 1825, by Creeks led by Menawa.
Eventually, the Creek Confederacy enacted a law that made further land cessions a capital offense Nevertheless, on February 12, 1825, McIntosh and other chiefs signed the Treaty of Indian, Springs, whi.ch gave up most of the remaining Creek lands in Georgia. After the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty McIntosh was assassinated on April 30, 1825, by Creeks led by Menawa.