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Selocta, lifedates unknown
The Muscogee (Creek) Indians were divided into opposing factions during the War of 1812. Selocta and his father, the Muscogee chief Chinnaby, sided with the American government, and Selocta became General Andrew Jackson's ally, guide, and adviser.
Selocta sat for his portrait by Charles Bird King in the winter of 1825-26, when he was in Washington, DC, with a party of Muscogee to sign a treaty. Selocta's loyalty and faith in government promises was misplaced, however. Along with other Muscogee, he was forced to sign away his lands and move west.
Alfred M. Hoffy, after Charles Bird King, 1838 |