Creek War
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Creek War — Depiction of William Weatherford surrendering to Andrew Jackson after the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Jackson was so impressed with Weatherford s boldness that he let him go … Wikipedia
Creek War of 1836 — The Creek War of 1836 was a conflict fought between the Muscogee Creek people and non Native land speculators and squatters in Alabama in 1836. Although the Creek people had been forced from Georgia, with many Lower Creeks moving to the Indian… … Wikipedia
Creek War — U.S. Hist. an uprising in 1813 14 of the Creek Indians against settlers in Alabama: frontier militia from Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi under Andrew Jackson helped defeat the Creek, who ceded two thirds of their land to the U.S. * * * ▪… … Universalium
Coal Creek War — A drawing from Harper s Weekly showing Coal Creek miners firing on Fort Anderson in 1892 … Wikipedia
War in Afghanistan (2001–present) — War in Afghanistan Part of the Afghan civil war and the War on Terror … Wikipedia
War of 1812 — This article is about the Anglo American War of 1812 to 1815. For other wars in 1812, see War of 1812 (disambiguation). War of 1812 The unfinished United States Capitol after the burning of Washington. Watercolor and i … Wikipedia
Creek (people) — Infobox Ethnic group group=Creek image caption = Opothleyahola, Muscogee Creek Chief, 1830s poptime=50,000 60,000 popplace=United States (Oklahoma, Alabama) rels=Protestantism, other langs=English, Creek related=Muskogean peoples: Alabama,… … Wikipedia
War, West Virginia — Infobox Settlement official name = City of War, West Virginia settlement type = City nickname = motto = website = http://www.warwestvirginia.com// imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location in the State of West… … Wikipedia
Creek — /kreek/, n., pl. Creeks, (esp. collectively) Creek. 1. a member of a confederacy of North American Indians that in historic times occupied the greater part of Alabama and Georgia. 2. Also called Muskogee. a Muskogean language that is the language … Universalium
creek — /kreek, krik/, n. 1. U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river. 2. a stream or channel in a coastal marsh. 3. Chiefly Atlantic States and Brit. a recess or inlet in the shore of the sea. 4. an estuary. 5. Brit. Dial. a narrow,… … Universalium
