On the Flint River stood the headquarters of the Agent for Indian Affairs South of Ohio until the area was acquired by Georgia in the Creek cession of Jan. 24, 1826. Benjamin Hawkins and David B. Mitchell resided here as agents and in 1804 and 1818 negotiated treaties with the Indians. Hawkins, agent from 1796 to 1816, entertained hundreds of Indians and many prominent white visitors here. He established an immense model farm and taught the Indians how to spin and weave and grow cotton, corn, grain, and cattle.