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The members of the Tammany society of New York, arrayed in Indian costume, escorted M'Gillivray and his party into the city; and the Creek chief, being the son of a Scotchman, was made an honorary member of the St. Andrew's society. These attentions, and the gracious manner in which he was received by the president, made a deep impression on M'Gillivray's mind.
He was brave, fluent in speech, popular with the leading men, and soon rose to the rank of head chief; and no doubt he stirred up his nation to assume an attitude hostile to the Americans. The Creeks, with M'Gillivray at their head, had also established a close alliance with the Spaniards, who held possession of Florida.
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