Person

Alexander McGillivray

principal chief of the Upper Creek (Muscogee) towns

b. 1750 CE – d. 1793 CE World The Atlantic Lands

Alexander McGillivray, also known as Hoboi-Hili-Miko (December 15, 1750 – February 17, 1793), is a principal chief of the Upper Creek (Muscogee) towns from 1782.

Before that he had created an alliance between the Creek and the British during the American Revolution.

He works to establish a Creek national identity and centralized leadership as a means of resisting European-American expansion onto Creek territory.