02820nam 2200649 a 450 991045856800332120200520144314.00-8173-8477-4(CKB)2560000000050678(EBL)547679(OCoLC)650060160(SSID)ssj0000457325(PQKBManifestationID)11305788(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457325(PQKBWorkID)10415021(PQKB)11038196(SSID)ssj0000667919(PQKBManifestationID)11379038(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000667919(PQKBWorkID)10698952(PQKB)11457201(MiAaPQ)EBC547679(OCoLC)607758271(MdBmJHUP)muse9073(Au-PeEL)EBL547679(CaPaEBR)ebr10408827(EXLCZ)99256000000005067820060207d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA conquering spirit[electronic resource] Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814 /Gregory A. WaselkovTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20061 online resource (426 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5573-1 0-8173-1491-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-382) and index.The Tensaw -- Many paths to the Tensaw -- Americanization of Mississippi Territory -- Red path to war -- Creek civil war to Redstick war -- The battle of Fort Mims -- A country given up -- Trying times, 1813-1814 -- Remembering Fort Mims -- Reverberations of Fort Mims.The Fort Mims massacre changed the course of American history in many ways, not the least of which was the ensuing rise of one Andrew Jackson to the national stage. The unprecedented Indian victory over the encroaching Americans who were bent on taking their lands and destroying their culture horrified many and injured the young nation's pride. Tragedies such as this one have always rallied Americans to a common cause: a single-minded determination to destroy the enemy and avenge the fallen. The August 30, 1813, massacre at Fort Mims, involving hundreds of dead men, women, and children, wCreek War, 1813-1814MassacresAlabamaFort MimsHistoryFort Mims (Ala.)HistoryElectronic books.Creek War, 1813-1814.MassacresHistory.973.5/238Waselkov Gregory A1007253MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458568003321A conquering spirit2481145UNINA