Administrative files of Governor Clement Comer Clay dealing with Native American conflicts in June and July 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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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/30264 |
| 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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