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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456404903321

Autore

Halbert Henry S (Henry Sale), <1837-1916.>

Titolo

The Creek War of 1813 and 1814 [[electronic resource] /] / by H. S. Halbert and T. H. Ball; with introd. and notes by Frank L. Owsley, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University, : University of Alabama Press, 1995

ISBN

0-8173-8370-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

Southern historical publications, no. 15

Altri autori (Persone)

BallT. H <1826-1913.> (Timothy Horton)

Disciplina

973.5/238

973.5238

Soggetti

Creek War, 1813-1814

Indians of North America - Wars - 1812-1815

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint of the 1895 ed.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; Editor's Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction; Editor's Introduction to the 1995 Edition; Preface; Introduction; I. The Choctaw-Muscogee Tibes; II. Causes of the Creek War; III. Tecumseh Among the Chickasaws and Choctaws; IV. Tecumseh Among the Creeks; V. The War Cloud Gathering; VI. The Stockades; VII. Inter-Tribal Councils of the Creeks and the Choctaws; VIII. The Battle of Burnt Corn; IX. Fort Mims; X. The Kimbell-James Massacre; XI. Attack on Fort Sinquefield; XII. The Night Courier; XIII. Incidents of the War in the Fork

XIV. Choctaws and Chickasaws Join the American Army XV. The Bashi Skirmish; XVI. Beard and Tandy Walker; XVII. The Canoe Fight; XVIII. Battle of the Holy Ground; XIX. The War in the Indian Country; XX. Closing Events, 1814; Conclusion; Appendix; Editor's Notes; Editor's Bibliography; Editor's Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first edition of Halbert and Ball's Creek War was published in 1895, and a new edition containing an introductory essay, supplementary notes, a bibliography, and an index by Frank L. Owsley Jr., was published in 1969.  This standard account of one of the most controversial wars in which Americans have fought is again available, with introductory materials and a bibliography revised to reflect the advances in scholarship since the 1969 edition.  This facsimile



reproduction of the 1895 original provides a full and sympathetic account of the Indians' point of view, from the ear