Death at the Horseshoe --- Birth of a legend: Andrew Jackson's campaign against the Creek Indians
by Paul, Kay R., M.A., CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS, 2007, 68 pages; 1452156

Abstract:

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend was the final battle in a series of bloody conflicts that eventually became known as the Creek Indian or "Redstick" War, an almost forgotten part of the War of 1812. As a result of this crushing defeat and a one-sided peace treaty signed at the end of the battle, the Creek Indians ceded more than twenty million acres of land to the United States.

Andrew Jackson's victory at Horseshoe Bend was the beginning of the end of the Creek Indian Nation and led to the systematic removal of the Creeks and the Southeast's remaining four civilized tribes: Choctaws, Cherokees, Chickasaws and Seminoles. This important victory at Horseshoe Bend set in motion a series of events that brought Andrew Jackson national attention and eventually led to his being elected the seventh President of the United States in 1828.

 
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SchoolCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS
SourceMAI/ 46-04, p. , May 2008
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsAmerican history; Military history; Native American studies
Publication Number1452156
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