William McIntosh, a half-Scottish and half-Creek chief, and several other Creek signed the first and second Treaty of Indian Springs. As a part of the treaties, McIntosh

A.
guaranteed the Creek's land would be protected from white settlement.
B.
promised to defend the Creek's ancestral homelands.
C.
gave up nearly all of the Creek's land to Georgia's state government.
D.
secured his own county in Georgia's western territory.

C. gave up nearly all of the Creek's land to Georgia's state government.