16 Facts About Creek War

Creek War, known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, was a regional war between opposing Indigenous American Creek factions, European empires and the United States, taking place largely in modern-day Alabama and along the Gulf Coast.

Creek War began as a conflict within the Creek Confederation, but local militia units quickly became involved.

Creek War militancy was a response to increasing United States cultural and territorial encroachment into their traditional lands.

The 1805 treaty with the Creek War allowed the creation of the Federal Road that linked Washington, DC to the newly acquired port city of New Orleans, which partially stretched through Creek War territories.

Red Stick militancy was a response to the economic and cultural crises in Creek War society caused by the adoption of Western trade goods and culture.

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Some "progressive" Creek War began to adopt American farming practices as their game disappeared, and as more Anglo settlers assimilated into Creek War towns and families.

Many of the most prominent Creek chiefs before the Creek War were "mixed-bloods", like William McGillivray and William McIntosh.

The militant faction of Creek War stood in opposition of the Creek War Confederacy Council's official policies, particularly in regard to foreign relations with the United States.

In Georgia, a war party of "friendly" Creek organized under William McIntosh, Big Warrior, and Little Prince attacked 150 Uchee warriors who were traveling to meet up with Red Stick Creeks in the Mississippi Territory.

Hawkins demanded that the Creek turn over Little Warrior and his six companions, the standard operating procedure between the nations up to that point.

Creek War intended to carry out a defensive American strategy.

Creek War summoned a force of 2,500 from East Tennessee under Major General John Alexander Cocke.

Proximity of Jasper and Jones counties to hostile Creek War towns resulted in a regiment of Georgia volunteer militia under Major General David Adams.

Creek War first moved south along the Coosa, about half the distance to the Creek position, and established a new outpost at Fort Williams.

Creek War took the lands of both for what he considered the security needs of the United States.

Creek War defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans on January 8,1815.