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In January 1813, another group of whites was murdered by a small party of Creeks in communication with the Shawnee, and Hawkins again pressed the Creek National Council to act quickly and punish the offenders. -
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indian creek war
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Battle of Burnt Corn
It was an encounter between Creek Indians and United Staes armed forces. As the Red Sticks bedded down for the evening on the banks, they were ambushed by the Americans. -
two black slaves
two black slaves tending to cattle outside the stockade. they said the saw indian warriors on the horrizon. -
Battle at Fort Mims
A force of creek indians, belonging to the "Red Sticks" faction under the command of head warriors Peter McQueen and William Weatherford, or Lamochattee, stormed the fort and defeated the militia Garrison. -
Battle of horseshoe bend
The resultant Creek War culminated in a decisive victory for U.S. forces in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 27, 1814, and the Creek Nation's subsequent cession of over 20 million acres of land to the U.S. in the Treaty of Fort Jackson. -
Weatherford Death
Weatherford was paroled and returned to Monroe County, AL, where he became a successful planter until his death in 1824. His grave site is about one mile from Fort Mims. -
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Only in 1831 was the bullet removed, and Jackson jokingly tried to present it to Benton, one of Jackson's strongest supporters in Congress.
