Episode 1 of 2
Execution of William McIntosh
- When
- April 30, 1825
- Where
- McIntosh plantation
Menawa and Law Menders executed McIntosh for violating Muscogee law regarding communal land.
The National Council ruled that signatories of the treaty had to be executed for ceding communal land. On April 30, 1825, Menawa and a force of Law Menders attacked McIntosh's plantation. McIntosh and another chief, Etommee Tustunnuggee, were killed during the raid.
Sources
- William McIntosh Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-16
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.