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A STUDY OF THE CREEK INDIANS
The Original Inhabitants of much of Alabama And Georgia

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Links updated 11/29/2004

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~~ Andrew Jackson ~~ Chief Speckled Snake's response ~~ Davy Crockett's opposition ~~ Native Americans In Georgia ~~ Chief William McIntosh ~~ Gen. Woodward's Reminiscences ~~ A Short Account of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend ~~ Locations or features having Native American significance ~~ Custom Elmore Co. map ~~ Tallapoosa river area ~~ Native American land cessions in Georgia ~~ 1814 Map of Mississippi Territory ~~ 1815 Map of Creek and Cherokee Lands

ANDREW JACKSON

General Andrew Jackson was an extremely influential participant in the removal of Native Americans from their lands in the Southeast to Oklahoma. From the Grolier Online website.
Another life of Jackson dealing mostly with the War of 1812 and his Presidency, from the White House website..
Jackson's case for Indian removal in his first message to Congress, from Vincent Ferraro's website..
Jackson's message to the Creeks (primarily) when he took office as President. Use control-f and search for friends. Followed by a copy of the Chief Speckled Snake's response (following) also. From Fort Benning, The Land and the People"
Chief Speckled Snake's response (Creek?) to Jackson's message.
Davy Crockett's opposition to Jackson's policies for removal of the Southeastern Indians from their lands. Use control-f and search for david.

CHIEF WILLIAM McINTOSH McIntosh was instrumental in signing away Georgia Creek lands, resulting in Georgia Creeks coming to live among the upper Creeks of Alabama. He led Jackson's Indian troups at Horseshoe Bend, earned the enmity of Alabama's Upper Creeks, and was eventually assasinated.

Chief William McIntosh from The McIntosh Reserve page by Carole E. Scott,
Another life of William McIntosh from the American Smorgasbord website

Gen. Thomas Woodward's Reminiscences

Memories of his many dealings with the Creeks in the late 1700s and early 1800s in Georgia and Alabama. Woodward fought under Jackson at Horseshoe Bend and later founded

Tuskegee in 1833, possibly named for nearby tribe of Taskigi. He owned the land where stood the Council Tree at Tuckabatchie and is said to to have given a discount on the rent of the tenant who complained that it shaded his crop.

A Short Account of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
From Diane Taylor's "Cowan Webpage".

An account of the events leading to the battle, and a glimpse of Andrew Jackson, Davy Crockett and William Weatherford.

Locations or features having Native American significance
(or possibly having such), with GNIS data and Tiger mapping provided, for Elmore Co. AL and all adjacent counties. The GNIS table has 101 items, with Elmore having almost twice as many as any other county and almost 40% of the total. Locations or features, by county: Elmore 38, Tallapoosa 20, Macon 20, Coosa 14, Chilton 4, Montgomery 3, and Autauga 2.

CUSTOM TIGER MAPS OF ELMORE COUNTY AL
AND ADJACENT TALLAPOOSA RIVER AREA

Custom Elmore Co. map (73k). Historical locations, including a number of former Indian villages, are shown plotted with red dots. Colors: red=historical, purple=cemeteries, blue=water, black=current, large brown=former county lines. A similar map of the

Tallapoosa river area (33k) includes a portion of Tallapoosa Co. and some Indian sites now beneath Lake Martin.

Native Americans
in North Georgia

Native American land cessions in Georgia from the N. Georgia Native Americans site.

Hargrett Library Special Collection

1814 Map of Mississippi Territory [259k] The area of present-day Elmore County AL may be seen at 86 W. and 32N to 33N (right side of the map). The course of the Tallapoosa (named) is similar to that of modern maps.
1815 Map of Creek and Cherokee Lands [146k]

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