biography
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| lived:
| (1754–1816)
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| biography:
| US senator and Indian agent, born in Bute Co, North Carolina, USA. He served as George Washington's aide and translator (with Indians) during the American Revolution and as a member of the Confederation Congress (1781–4, 1786–7). He also served as one of North Carolina's first two US senators (Federalist, 1789–95). His most important work was as a commissioner who negotiated treaties with various Indian tribes, including the treaty of Coleraine with the Creeks in 1796. President Washington then appointed him general superintendent of all Native Americans S of the Ohio River. Known as ‘Beloved Man of the Four Nations’, he worked especially closely with the Creeks. |
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