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Fort Mims Massacre Remains a Dark Indian War Landmark
A historical article revisits the Fort Mims attack of August 30, 1813, detailing Creek leader William Weatherford and a fort of about 550 settlers. It notes disputed casualty figures, contrasts true massacres with battles, and traces Jackson’s subsequent campaign that defeated the Creeks at Tohopeka and led to Fort Jackson.
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Fort Mims
Ala
Red Hagle
Ham Weatherford
Fort M
W. J. Fetterman
Francis L. Dade
Fourth Infantry
Fort Brook
Florida
Fort King
Osceola
Withlacoochee River
Cherry Valley
Wyoming Valley
Fort Alden
Tehabod Alden
Forty Fort
Fort William Henry
Montcalm
Fort Dearborn
Pottawatomies
Nathan Heald
Lake Michigan
Wilhin
Frenchtown
Proctor
Gooddenhutten
Ohio
Sand Creek
Colorado
Wounded Knee Creelk
South Dakota
William Weatherford
Charles Weatherford
Alexander McGillivray
Lachlan McGillivray
Sehoy Marchand
Marchand
William Weatherford van Scotch
Hin
Red Eagle
Lake Tensaw
Alabama
Samuel Mims
Mims
Osborne
Dixon Bailey
Ir. L. Claiborne
United States
Daniel Beasley
Claiborne
Beasley
Bersley
Bailey
Weatherford
St. Clair
Andrew Jackson
Tohopeka
Horseshoe Bend
Alabama River
Jackson
Fort Toulouse
Fort Jackson
Pattle