"Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Dadeville, Alabama."
"These huts show the high degree of civilization that the Creek Indian Nation had achieved. The Creeks called village Cholocco Litabixee (Horse's Flat Foot) before fortifying (Tohopeka means 'fort'). Tohopeka was a village of 300 houses (part of which shown on picture). It and th...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | "These huts show the high degree of civilization that the Creek Indian Nation had achieved. The Creeks called village Cholocco Litabixee (Horse's Flat Foot) before fortifying (Tohopeka means 'fort'). Tohopeka was a village of 300 houses (part of which shown on picture). It and the Creek Nation was destroyed March 27, 1814 when Menawa's Red Sticks were slaughtered by the forces under Gen. Andrew Jackson. Jackson's victory here catapulted him into command at the Battle of New Orleans. Open all year." |
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