 The land in southern Georgia had been ceded by the Creeks in the Treaty of Fort Jackson, but the Mikasukis did not consider themselves Creek, did not feel bound by the treaty which they had not signed, and did not accept that the Creeks had any right to cede Mikasuki land.In November 1817, General Gaines sent a force of 250 men to seize Fowltown.The first attempt was beaten off by the Mikasukis.