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195: 822: 1445:. Because of rivalry between the East and West Tennessee militias, Cocke was in no hurry to join Jackson, particularly after he angered Jackson by mistakenly attacking a friendly village on November 17. When he finally reached Fort Strother on December 12, the East Tennessee men only had 10 days remaining on their enlistments. Jackson had no choice but to dismiss them. Furthermore, Brigadier General Coffee, who had returned to Tennessee for remounts, wrote Jackson that the cavalry had deserted. By the end of 1813, Jackson was down to a single regiment whose enlistments were due to expire in mid-January. 151: 1264:, Paddy Walsh, High-head Jim, and William McGillivray raised a combined force of at least 1,300 warriors to stop the advance. This was the largest combined force raised by the Creek during the entire war. On January 29, the Red Sticks launched an attack on the American camp at dawn. After daylight, Floyd's army repulsed the attack. Casualty figures vary for Floyd's force, from 17 to 22 killed, and 132 to 147 wounded. Floyd estimated Red Stick casualties as 37 killed, including Chief High-head Jim. Georgia retreated to Fort Mitchell with Floyd, who was severely wounded in the leg. The 1389: 183: 2698: 2686: 63: 3779: 3175: 775:. The Indian Line created a boundary for colonial settlement in order to prevent illegal encroachment into Indian lands, and also helped the U.S. government maintain control over Indian trade. Still, traders and settlers often violated the terms of the treaties establishing the Indian Line, and frontier settlement by colonists in Indian lands was one of the arguments the United States used to expand its territory. 3185: 974: 1532:. Even though the Creek War was largely a civil war among the Creek, Andrew Jackson recognized no difference between his Lower Creek allies and the Red Sticks who fought against him. He took the lands of both for what he considered the security needs of the United States. Jackson forced the Creek to cede 1.9 million acres (7,700 km²) that was also claimed as hunting grounds of the 838:
From the 16th century, the Creeks had formed successful trade alliances with European empires, but the drastic fall in the price of deerskin from 1783 to 1793 made it more difficult for individuals to repay their debt, while at the same time the assimilation process made American goods more necessary. The Red Sticks particularly resisted the "civilization" programs administered by the
1502: 1241:, organized under McIntosh. With these allies and 950 of his men, Floyd began his advance towards the juncture of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers where he was supposed to rendezvous with Jackson. His first target was the major town of Autossee on the Tallapoosa River, a Red Stick stronghold only 20 miles from the Coosa River. On November 29, 1115:, was concerned about the weakness of his sector on the western border of the Creek territory, and advocated preemptive strikes. But Major General Thomas Flourney, commander of 7th Military District, refused his requests. He intended to carry out a defensive American strategy. Meanwhile, settlers in that region sought refuge in blockhouses. 1344:'s brigade of troops from North and South Carolina, including Colonel Reuben Nash's South Carolina militia, deployed along the Georgia frontier to deal with the Red Sticks. Colonel Nash's South Carolina regiment of volunteer militia traveled from South Carolina at the end of January 1814. The militia marched to the start of the 1165:
warfare, every man having a bow with a bundle of arrows, which is used after the first fire with the gun until a leisure time for loading offers".> Many Creek tried to remain friendly to the United States, but, after Fort Mims, few European Americans in the region distinguished between friendly and unfriendly Creeks.
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Creek militancy was a response to increasing United States cultural and territorial encroachment into their traditional lands. However, the war's alternate designation as the "Creek Civil War" comes from the divisions within the tribe over cultural, political, economic, and geographic matters. At the
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The splintering of the Creek peoples along progressive and nativist lines had roots dating back to the eighteenth century, but came to a head after 1811. Red Stick militancy was a response to the economic and cultural crises in Creek society caused by the adoption of Western trade goods and culture.
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Rivers, was the heart of the Red Stick Confederation. It was about 150 miles (240 km) from the nearest supply point available to any of the three American armies. The easiest attack route was from Georgia through the line of forts on the frontier and then along a good road that led to the
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The Americanization of the Creeks was more prevalent in western Georgia among the Lower Creeks than in Upper Creek towns, and came from internal and external processes. The U.S. government's and Benjamin Hawkins' pressure on the Creeks to assimilate stood in contrast to the more natural blending of
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counties to hostile Creek towns resulted in a regiment of Georgia volunteer militia under Major General David Adams. John Floyd was made general of the main Georgia army (in September 1812 and numbering 2,362 men). The Georgia Army was aided by Cherokee and independent Creek allies, as well as a
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to Fort Strother. Cocke's men mutinied when they learned that Jackson's men only had three-month enlistments. Cocke tried to pacify his men, but Jackson misunderstood the situation and ordered Cocke's arrest as an instigator. The East Tennessee militia reported to Fort Strother without further
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Since new men had enlistment contracts of only sixty days, Jackson decided to get the most out of his untried force. He departed Fort Strother on January 17 and marched toward the village of Emuckfaw to cooperate with the Georgia Militia. However, this was a risky decision. It was a long march
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By August, the Georgia Volunteer Army and state militia had been mobilized in anticipation of war with the Creeks. The news of Fort Mims first reached Georgia on September 16, and was taken as legal grounds to begin a military offensive. In addition, Benjamin Hawkins wrote to Brigadier General
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At most, the Red Stick force consisted of 4,000 warriors, possessing perhaps 1,000 muskets. They had never been involved in a large-scale war, not even against neighboring American Indians. Early in the war, General Cocke observed that arrows "form a very principal part of the enemy's arms for
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Creeks who did not support the war became targets for the prophets and their followers, and began to be murdered in their sleep or burned alive. Warriors of the prophets' parties also began to attack the property of their enemies, burning plantations and destroying livestock. The first major
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had ordered a new levee of 2,500 troops, Jackson would not be up to full strength until the end of February. When a draft of 900 raw recruits arrived unexpectedly on January 14, Jackson was down to a cadre of 103 and Coffee, who had been "abandoned by his men".
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on February 6, 1814, provided Jackson a disciplined core for his force, which ultimately grew to about 5,000 men. After Governor Blount ordered the second draft of Tennessee militia, Cocke, with a force of 2,000 six-month men, once again marched from
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from the United States. The Spaniards decided to support the Creeks in an attack on the United States and in defense of their homeland, but were greatly hindered by their weak position in the Floridas and lack of supplies even for their own army.
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to be the only alternative to the assimilation of native peoples into Western culture. The Creeks, on the other hand, blended their own culture with adopted trade goods and political terms, and had no intention of abandoning their land.
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was nearly captured during this engagement. Casualties for the Mississippians were 1 killed and 6 wounded. 30 Creek soldiers were killed in the engagement, however. Because of supply shortages, Claiborne withdrew to Fort St. Stephens.
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of 1811–12, which were taken as evidence of Tecumseh's supernatural powers. The war party rallied around prophets who had traveled with Tecumseh and remained with the Creek, influencing newly converted Creek religious leaders.
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did not believe that the disruption in the Creek Nation or the increasing war dances were a cause for concern. But in February 1813, a small war party of Red Sticks, led by Little Warrior, were returning from
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settlement who had taken refuge at the fort. The warriors attacked the fort and killed a total of 400 to 500 people, including women and children and numerous white settlers. The attack became known as the
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through difficult terrain against a numerically superior force, the men were inexperienced, undisciplined, and insubordinate, and a defeat would have prolonged the war. After two indecisive battles at
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during the West Florida Rebellion, the United States sent an expeditionary force to occupy Mobile. As a result, Mobile was jointly occupied by weak detachments of American and Spanish soldiers until
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The first clashes between the Red Sticks and United States forces occurred on July 27, 1813. A group of territorial militia intercepted a party of Red Sticks returning from
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came to the area to encourage the peoples to join his movement to throw the Americans out of Native American territories. Previously, he had united tribes in the
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on September 30 that the Red Stick war party had "received 25 small guns" at Pensacola. The immediate concern of the force was the defense of Georgia's "
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The second westward advance of Floyd's troops departed Fort Mitchell with a force of 1,100 militia and 400 friendly Creek. Along the way they fortified
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that had previously helped the Creeks to maintain control over most of the United States' southwestern territory had shifted dramatically due to the
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Jackson spent the next month building roads and training his force. In mid-March, he moved against the Red Stick force concentrated on the
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After Talladega, however, Jackson was plagued by supply shortages and discipline problems arising from his men's short term enlistments.
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to "repel an approaching invasion ... and to afford aid and relief to ... Mississippi Territory". He also summoned a force of 2,500 from
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in 1830, which authorized negotiation of treaties for exchange of land and payment of annuities, and authorized forceful removal of the
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cultures that came from a long tradition of cohabitation and cultural appropriation, beginning with white traders in Indian country.
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Note: Company muster rolls of Captain John Wallace (one of Nash's companies) list the company near Fort Hawkins on Feb. 9, near
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on January 8, 1815. In 1818, Jackson again invaded Florida, where some of the Red Stick leaders had fled, an event known as the
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Due to the state's failure to secure supplies early enough in the year, Floyd gained a few months to train and drill the men at
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nations, as well as the Lower Creeks faction of the Muscogee. During the hostilities, the Red Sticks allied themselves to the
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These increasing territorial grabs westward into Creek territory (which included parts of Spanish Florida), coupled with the
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On October 10, Jackson, along with 2,500 troops, set out on the expedition, his arm in a sling. Jackson established
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In addition to the state actions, U.S. Indian agent Hawkins organized the friendly Lower Creek under Major
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offensive of the civil war was the Red Stick attack on the Upper Creek town, and seat of the council, at
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As a result of these victories, Jackson became a national figure and eventually was elected the seventh
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Continuing to a point about 85 miles (140 km) north of Fort Stoddert, Claiborne established
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number of Georgia volunteer militia. Floyd's task was to advance to the junction of the Coosa and
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Creek Paths and Federal Roads: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves and the Making of the American South
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A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733–1816
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voted to join the Americans in their fight against the Red Sticks. Under the command of Chief
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forced the Creek confederacy to surrender more than 21 million acres in what is now southern
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was low, making it difficult to move supplies, and there was little forage for his horses.
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to raise 5,000 militia for a three-month tour of duty. Blount called out a force of 2,500
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during the early 19th century. The Creek War began as a conflict within the tribes of the
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Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands: The Creek War and the Battle of New Orleans, 1812–1815
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Although Jackson's mission was to defeat the Creek, his larger objective was to move on
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Territorial conflicts between France, Spain, Britain, and the United States along the
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Holland, James W. "Andrew Jackson and the Creek War: Victory at the Horseshoe Bend",
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History of the United States of America During the Administrations of James Madison
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Leaders of the Lower Creek towns in present-day Georgia included Bird Tail King (
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Thrower. "Casualties and Consequences of the Creek War," in Rethinking Tohopeka
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Creeks and Seminoles: The Destruction and Regeneration of the Muscogulge People
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Kanon, Thomas. "'A Slow, Laborious Slaughter': The Battle Of Horseshoe Bend."
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as a supply base. On November 3, his top cavalry officer, Brigadier General
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Although there were a few limited attacks on whites in 1812 and early 1813,
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This article is about the Creek War (1813–1814). For the 1836 conflict, see
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Deerskins and Duffels: The Creek Indian Trade with Anglo-America, 1685–1815
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to force the Spaniards to turn over control of the city in February 1813.
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The Red Sticks subsequently attacked other forts in the area, including
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The Politics of Indian Removal: Creek Government and Society in Crisis
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forced headmen of both the Upper and Lower towns of Creek to sign the
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warriors who were traveling to meet up with Red Stick Creeks in the
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Before the Creek War and the War of 1812, most U.S. politicians saw
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Battle for the Southern Frontier: The Creek War and the War of 1812
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Mobilization of recruits to Tecumseh's cause was bolstered by the
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A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814
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was surrendered in April, the Spaniards focused on protecting
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Territory ceded by the Creek Confederation in 1814 under the
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at Tohopeka (Horseshoe Bend). He first moved south along the
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Civil wars involving the states and peoples of North America
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Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767–1821
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comment on their term of service. Cocke was later cleared.
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Upper Creek towns near the Holy Ground, including nearby
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Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
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Tohopeka: Rethinking the Creek War & the War of 1812
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time of the Creek War, the Upper Creeks controlled the
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Warrior Nations: The United States and Indian Peoples.
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captured parts of East Florida from 1811–1815. After
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in 1829. As president, Andrew Jackson advocated the
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when they killed two families of settlers along the
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Wars between the United States and Native Americans
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Letters, Journals, and Writings of Benjamin Hawkins
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Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 1673:on May 13, and near Fort Hawkins on July 13. 1237:, where he was joined by 300-400 Creek from 1229:. On November 24, General Floyd crossed the 1082:in the Northwest. Affected states called up 566:. Major engagements of the war involved the 2637:. University of North Carolina Press, 2010. 2489:. 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(2006). 2161: 2085: 1842: 1752: 1740: 1500: 1387: 972: 820: 658:; while the Lower Creeks controlled the 2574: 2472:Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 2468:"XXXIV: War Against the Creek Indians." 2465: 2236: 1980: 1418:, defeated a band of Red Sticks at the 1222:rivers and join the Army of Tennessee. 669: 14: 3797: 2527: 2503: 2369: 2360: 2224: 2122: 2110: 2019: 1968: 1956: 1932: 1905: 1881: 1866: 1854: 1815: 1803: 1788: 1776: 1764: 1728: 1553:drove a British force out of Pensacola 1441:and then along the Coosa River toward 1271: 3499:Second inauguration of Andrew Jackson 3205: 2712: 2658:. University of Nebraska Press, 1990. 2554:Waselkov, Gregory A. 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Blackmon. 1608:Indian Campaign Medal 1557:Battle of New Orleans 1524:and part of southern 1504: 1391: 1354:Fort Benjamin Hawkins 1113:Mississippi Territory 1091:U.S. Secretary of War 1003:Mississippi Territory 976: 824: 763:During and after the 610:and central Alabama. 272:Casualties and losses 3582:The President's Lady 3504:Nullification crisis 3384:Jacksonian democracy 1431:John Alexander Cocke 1366:Phenix City, Alabama 1276:In October, General 1243:he attacked Autossee 1140:John Alexander Cocke 1138:under Major General 1041:Battle of Burnt Corn 955:Cusseta Tustunnuggee 901:War for Independence 868:, White Warrior) of 670:Territorial conflict 627:American Indian Wars 134:to the United States 55:American Indian Wars 3762:← John Quincy Adams 3728:Jackson and slavery 3701:(acting First Lady) 3699:Sarah Yorke Jackson 3695:(acting First Lady) 3494:Maysville Road veto 3319:Battle of Talladega 3272:U.S. Representative 2807:Embargo Act of 1807 2462:, 1999 58(1): 2–15. 2287:, pp. 791–793. 2275:, pp. 237–239. 2251:, pp. 238–239. 2227:, pp. 192–193. 2152:, pp. 788–789. 2088:, pp. 159–161. 2049:, pp. 782–785. 1995:, pp. 232–233. 1947:, pp. 777–778. 1791:, pp. 12, 165. 1580:Southeastern tribes 1512:On August 9, 1814, 1464:The arrival of the 1424:Battle of Talladega 1329:William Weatherford 1272:Mississippi militia 1262:William Weatherford 1109:Ferdinand Claiborne 1052:William Weatherford 920:Great Comet of 1811 866:Tunstunuggee Hutkee 825:Painting (1805) of 765:American Revolution 662:, which flows into 660:Chattahoochee River 594:'s advance towards 245:William Weatherford 224:Ferdinand Claiborne 68:William Weatherford 3769:Martin Van Buren → 3605:The Gorgeous Hussy 3432:Indian Removal Act 3276:Tennessee at-large 2980:Illinois Territory 2860:Declaration of war 2640:Roger L. 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1761: 1754: 1753:Waselkov 2009 1749: 1742: 1741:Waselkov 2009 1737: 1730: 1725: 1718: 1714: 1710: 1705: 1699:, p. 43. 1698: 1693: 1691: 1686: 1683: 1682: 1672: 1666: 1657: 1648: 1639: 1635: 1632: 1631: 1619: 1616: 1614: 1611: 1609: 1606: 1605: 1599: 1597: 1593: 1589: 1585: 1581: 1577: 1573: 1569: 1564: 1562: 1558: 1554: 1550: 1546: 1542: 1537: 1535: 1531: 1527: 1523: 1519: 1515: 1508: 1503: 1494: 1492: 1488: 1487:Fort Williams 1484: 1480: 1475: 1472: 1467: 1462: 1460: 1454: 1451: 1446: 1444: 1443:Fort Strother 1440: 1436: 1432: 1427: 1425: 1421: 1417: 1413: 1412:Fort Strother 1408: 1406: 1402: 1395: 1390: 1381: 1379: 1375: 1371: 1367: 1363: 1362:Fort Mitchell 1359: 1355: 1352:, walking to 1351: 1347: 1343: 1342:Joseph Graham 1333: 1330: 1326: 1322: 1317: 1315: 1311: 1307: 1303: 1299: 1295: 1291: 1290:Fort Stoddert 1287: 1283: 1279: 1269: 1267: 1263: 1259: 1255: 1251: 1246: 1244: 1240: 1236: 1235:Fort Mitchell 1232: 1231:Chattahoochee 1228: 1223: 1221: 1216: 1212: 1207: 1205: 1201: 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Mahon 611: 609: 605: 601: 597: 593: 589: 585: 581: 577: 573: 569: 565: 561: 556: 554: 550: 549:United States 546: 542: 538: 537:Red Stick War 534: 519: 516: 514: 511: 509: 506: 505: 504: 503: 497: 494: 492: 489: 487: 484: 482: 479: 478: 477: 476: 470: 467: 466: 465: 464: 458: 455: 453: 450: 449: 448: 443: 436: 428: 423: 421: 416: 414: 409: 408: 405: 393: 390: 388: 385: 383: 382:Calebee Creek 380: 379: 375: 374: 371: 368: 366: 363: 361: 358: 356: 353: 351: 350:Tallushatchee 348: 346: 343: 341: 338: 336: 333: 332: 328: 327: 324: 319: 311: 306: 304: 299: 297: 292: 291: 288: 280:~1,597 killed 279: 276: 275: 270: 266: 263: 262: 257: 254: 253:Peter McQueen 250: 246: 243: 241: 240:Mushulatubbee 237: 233: 229: 225: 221: 217: 214: 213: 208: 205: 201: 196: 190: 178: 177: 173: 171: 167: 163: 159: 158: 157:United States 147: 146: 141: 133: 129: 125: 120: 119: 114: 111: 110: 109: 106: 103: 102: 98: 94: 91: 90: 84: 81: 80: 76: 73: 69: 64: 59: 56: 52: 47: 42: 35: 30: 19: 3776: 3767: 3760: 3651: 3642: 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1314:Canoe Fight 1302:Samuel Dale 1200:Indian Line 1170:Holy Ground 1159:Major Ridge 909:Tukabatchee 905:Tenskwatawa 769:Indian Line 758:New Orleans 719:War of 1812 702:'s rivers. 631:War of 1812 596:New Orleans 508:New Orleans 491:Lake Borgne 370:Holy Ground 360:Canoe Fight 277:~584 killed 228:John Coffee 121:Territorial 51:War of 1812 3799:Categories 3645:(SSBN-619) 3519:Force Bill 3464:Hard money 3394:Presidency 3074:The Eighth 2919:Frenchtown 2885:Chesapeake 2791:Chesapeake 2410:Ehle, John 2333:Mahon 1991 2309:Adams 1889 2297:Adams 1889 2285:Adams 1889 2273:Mahon 1991 2261:Adams 1889 2249:Mahon 1991 2213:Adams 1889 2201:Mahon 1991 2189:Adams 1889 2177:Mahon 1991 2150:Adams 1889 2138:Mahon 1991 2074:Adams 1889 2062:Mahon 1991 2047:Adams 1889 2035:Adams 1889 2005:Mahon 1991 1993:Mahon 1991 1945:Adams 1889 1894:Green 1985 1831:Green 1985 1697:Green 1985 1625:References 1541:Gulf Coast 1479:Tallapoosa 1310:Suggsville 1220:Tallapoosa 1196:John Floyd 1026:Ohio River 963:Red Sticks 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553:Muscogee 452:Tecumseh 365:Autossee 259:Strength 166:Cherokee 162:Muscogee 92:Location 53:and the 3738:Gilbert 3634:Jackson 3190:Commons 3009:Leaders 2959:McHenry 2901:battles 2795:Leopard 2782:Origins 2766:Leaders 2760:Battles 2751:Origins 2677:Portals 2616:, 2014. 2343:Sources 1719:. p. 22 1526:Georgia 1522:Alabama 1497:Results 1256:on the 1174:Alabama 1076:Shawnee 1046:Chiefs 1022:Detroit 991:Georgia 951:Koasati 946:Autauga 891:leader 889:Shawnee 877:removal 854:Cusseta 724:In the 621:in the 608:Georgia 602:, when 588:British 580:Choctaw 560:Alabama 539:or the 447:Prelude 170:Choctaw 132:Georgia 128:Alabama 123:changes 3721:Slaves 3671:(wife) 3662:Family 3636:(1832) 3600:(1958) 3592:(1938) 3266:(1821) 2929:Thames 2899:Major 2850:affair 2797:affair 2585:  2564:  2543:  2517:  2493:  2439:  2420:  2402:  2382:  1376:, and 1308:(near 1239:Coweta 1211:Jasper 1078:chief 1060:Tensaw 1056:Mobile 1007:Coweta 933:Talisi 870:Coweta 831:Creeks 713:, the 692:Mobile 656:Mobile 650:, and 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Index

Creek Civil War
Creek War of 1836
War of 1812
American Indian Wars

William Weatherford
Andrew Jackson
American South
Treaty of Fort Jackson
Alabama
Georgia
United States
Muscogee
Cherokee
Choctaw
Red Sticks
United Kingdom
Spain
Spanish Empire
Tecumseh's confederacy
Andrew Jackson
John Floyd
Ferdinand Claiborne
John Coffee
William McIntosh
Pushmataha
Mushulatubbee
William Weatherford
Menawa
Peter McQueen

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