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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM299V_cultural-exchange-and-cooperation_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
Cultural Exchange and CooperationThough significant cultural conflict characterized Creek-American relations in the Chattahoochee Valley, and Creeks faced numerous forms of exploitation, not all relationships between Creeks and settlers were adver…
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United States Indian Trading Post
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, March 1814, ended the Creek Indian War. General Andrew Jackson met with Chief William Weatherford and signed the Treaty. The Creek Indians returned to their own land in the southeast…
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Creek TownsAt its height, the Creek Nation consisted of about 20,000 people living in more
than seventy townships, or talwas (tvlwv), scattered throughout modern-day Alabama and Georgia. Creek townships commonly consisted of a primary town and a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM298D_address-by-president-lincoln-a-war-memorial_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation,…
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Fort Mitchell
Fort Mitchell is located on the Federal Road on the West bank overlooking the Chattahoochee River.
General John Floyd received orders from Governor David B. Mitchell to pick up supplies, cross the Chattahoochee River and proceed to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X6J_fort-mitchell-and-creek-removal-historical_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
Fort Mitcheli served as a primary point of concentration for creeks being sent westward to Indian Territory before, during, and after the Second Creek War (1836-1837). By the terms of the 1832 Treaty of Washington, Creek heads of household and chi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X68_the-creeks-today-historical_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
Today there are federally recognized Creek tribal groups in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama. The largest, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is based in the state of Oklahoma. The nation is comprised of the descendants of the Creeks who were rem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X66_archaeology-and-our-understanding-of-the-creek-people-historical_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
Archaeology is the scientific study of the past through analysis of physical traces of daily life discovered through excavation. It enables us to extend our knowledge of human history beyond the limits of written records and to learn details about…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X62_pokkecheta-or-the-ball-play-historical_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
Pokkecheta, or the ball play, was an ancient and vital part of the social life of the Creeks and a popular game among many groups of Southeastern Indians. The game enhanced
interaction between towns and provided highly ritualized sport and enter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWR_the-census-of-1832-historical_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
In 1832, a treaty with the United States allotted parcels of land to every Indian household in the Valley. A government census enumerated, according to tribal towns, every Indian head of household, along with the number of males, females, and slav…