McGillivray, Alexander  ( born c. 1759—died February 17, 1793
, Pensacola, Florida [U.S.] )  French-Indian Scots-French-
IndianI can’t verify that he is French; his mother was native
American, and his father was Scottish. CPS 7/12/07 who became
the principal chief of the Creek Indians in the years following
the American Revolution. He was largely responsible for the
Creeks’ retention of their tribal identity and the major part of
their homeland for another generation.  In a letter to the
Spanish commandant at Pensacola in 1783, McGillivray identified
himself as “a Native of and a chief of the Creek Nation.” The
penmanship and the name made that statement seem improbable, but
it was correct. McGillivray was, in fact, of mixed Indian and
European blood. His father was Lachlan McGillivray, a Scottish
trader. His mother was Sehoy Marchand, a French-Creek woman. By
blood McGillivray was thus only one-quarter Indian. But the
Creeks, with whom descent was matrilineal, had no difficulty in
claiming McGillivray as Cree