Creek War
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Native Americans, American Indians, War of 1812
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Early National History (1789-1815)
- Geographical Location: Alabama
- Date: July 27, 1813-August 9, 1814
Article abstract: The destruction of the Creek nation opens Alabama to settlement and positions Andrew Jackson to win the War of 1812.{$IWar of 1812}
Of all American Indian cultures, the Muscogee (called “Creeks” by the white populace) seemed the most likely to assimilate into the advancing white culture of the 1700's and early 1800's. Colonial deerskin traders from Charleston, South Carolina, married into this matrilineal native culture, establishing kinship ties with their wives’ families throughout the nation of Muscogee and siring mixed-blood children...
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