Administrative files of Governor Clement Comer Clay dealing with Native American conflicts in February 1837.
This series from which these records come deals with the Creek Indian War of 1836; the Seminole War; and various skirmishes between the settlers and the Creek Indians in Alabama. Records discuss the formation of militia companies; supplies of rations and arms to the militia; troop movements within A...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | This series from which these records come deals with the Creek Indian War of 1836; the Seminole War; and various skirmishes between the settlers and the Creek Indians in Alabama. Records discuss the formation of militia companies; supplies of rations and arms to the militia; troop movements within Alabama and Georgia; the payment of troops; reports of "friendly Indians" (those collaborating with white settlers) and subsidies paid to them; Creeks who moved into the Cherokee Nation; runaway enslaved people who collaborated with the Native Americans; the Creek land frauds; Seminole Indians and Native American individuals such as Jim Henry and Hopoithleyoholo (Opotheleyaholo). Included are letters from Native Americans stating their positions in the disagreements; affidavits related to the escape of Native American prisoners from the Montgomery County jail in June 1836; and a map indicating the position taken by the South Alabama Volunteer Brigade and Brigadier General Moore along the Hatchechubbee Creek. |
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