Talk:Treaty of New York (1790)

Question about McGillivray Signature Detail
In the section describing the treaty conference, the author includes the isolated detail, "McGillivray was the only one who could sign his name." Based upon the cited resource, I do not doubt the validity of this statement, however I do believe that it potentially errs by depicting Creek Leaders as incapable of engaging in traditionally accepted treaty negotiations. This suggestion implies that this treaty and other Indigenous-Settler Treaties bear a degree of invalidity on the parts of indigenous parties (e.g. Creek Leaders). As a solution, perhaps the phrase could be replaced with "Informed of European legal customs by his Scottish father, McGillivray provided his formal signature on behalf of the Creek delegation." -- Cjguzman (talk) 18:29, 30 September 2020 (UTC)