red_stick_creek
Red Stick Creek Indians
The Red Sticks were a faction of the Muscogee (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 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 Cherokees and Creek allies, decisively defeated the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The resulting Treaty of Fort Jackson forced the Creek Nation to cede about 23 million acres, including lands belonging to (Creeks) who had fought alongside Jackson.
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