===== Red Stick Creek Indians =====
The Red Sticks were a faction of the Muscogee ([[creektribe|Creek]]) Confederacy drawn mainly from Upper Creek towns in what is now Alabama. They sought to preserve traditional Creek ways of life and resist American expansion. The [[creek_war|Creek War]] of 1813–1814 began as a civil war within the confederacy. The Red Sticks’ attack on [[Fort Mims]] in August 1813 widened the conflict and brought a larger U.S. military response. 

In March 1814, Andrew Jackson’s army, aided by [[CherokeeTribe|Cherokees]] and [[creektribe|Creek]] allies, decisively defeated the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The resulting Treaty of Fort Jackson forced the [[creektribe|Creek Nation]] to cede about 23 million acres, including lands belonging to ([[creektribe|Creeks]]) who had fought alongside Jackson.