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Latigma just north of Montgomery, Alabama. The group of approximately 3,000 Creek was bound for the Indian Territory, which is now present day, Oklahoma. Many more Creek joined them on route. Also, 1,100, 1,170. It's easier to say it that way. Friendly Creek left the Tellegeda area led by Lieutenant Edward D. Let me reset. Moving on to the year 1846, the old settlers and the new immigrant factions of the Cherokee had been arguing over who had legal control over the Cherokee Nation since the late 1830s. It had even been proposed that the nation split into two tribes. The different sides signed a treaty in Washington, D.C. The treaty confirmed there would be only one Cherokee Nation.