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The '''Treaty of Pensacola''' was a [[1784]] agreement between Spain and the [[Creek]] Nations. It was negotiated by [[Alexander McGillivray]] with Spanish officials [[Arturo O'Neill]] and [[Martin Navarro]] (of [[Third Spanish period|West Florida]]) and Estevan Miró (of Louisiana) on [[May 31]] and [[June 1]], [[1784]].
==Text of Excerpts from the treaty<ref>John Walton Caughey. ''McGillivray of the Creeks''. University of South Carolina Press, 2007.</ref>==
<blockquote><p>Articles of Agreement, trade, and Peace stipulated & Granted by the Spanish Nation with the Creek Nations, in the Congress held with that View in the town of Pensacola, Metropolis of West Florida, the thirty-first day of May, and the first of June 1784.…</p>
<p>Article 1. We the above mentioned Chiefs of the Creek nation, in our names, and in the name of the other Chiefs, Captains, Warriors and other individuals of the Nation, of what ever quality, Sex, or Condition they may be, swear by the Supreme Almighty God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, to whom all things are subjected, to Keep and Maintain an Inviolable Peace and fidelity, with his Most Catholick Majesty his provinces, Subjects, and vassals.…</p>
