Big Warrior
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Indian History, American Early National History (1789-1815)
Article abstract: Big Warrior's decision to fight on the American side in the{$ICreek War} Creek War of 1813-1814 contributed to the defeat of the Red Sticks.
Of Shawnee ancestry, by 1802 Big Warrior had become principal chief of the important Upper Creek town of Tukhabahchee. In 1811, as a religious revival and resentment at white encroachments swept through Indian country, Big Warrior hosted the Shawnee pan-Indian leader Tecumseh at Tukhabahchee. Many thought that he would join the anti-American Red Stick faction. In 1812, however, his warriors carried out the...
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