But the nation was not yet ready for such strong measures.

The Creeks were met half way in their desire for peace; and the entire tribe concluded a treaty the provisions of which were substantially those of the treaty of New York.

They ceased all hostilities, together with the Cherokees.
Fatuity of Timothy Pickering.
The concluding stage of the negotiations was marked by an incident which plainly betrayed the faulty attitude of the National Government towards Southwestern frontiersmen.

With incredible folly, Timothy Pickering, at this time Secretary of War, blindly refused to see the necessity of what had been done by Blount and the Tennessee frontiersmen.

In behalf of the administration he wrote a letter to Blount which was as offensive as it was fatuous.