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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Burnt corn Creek, battle of. (search)
Burnt corn Creek, battle of.
Peter McQueen, a half-blood Creek Indian of Tallahassee, was a fiery leader among the war party of that nation, wherein civil war was raging in the spring of 1813.
This war Tecumseh had stirred up, and the whole Creek nation had become a seething caldron of passion.
A British squadron in the Gulf held friendly intercourse with the Spanish authorities at Pensacola.
To that port McQueen and 300 followers, with pack-horses, went to get supplies and convey them to the war party in the interior.
That party was inimical to the white people settled in that nation, and it was the duty of the military in that region to protect the latter.
This protection was not furnished, and the white inhabitants and the peace party among the Creeks prepared to defend themselves.
Col. James Caller called out the militia to intercept McQueen.
There was a prompt response, and Caller set out with a few followers.
He marched towards the Florida frontier, joined on the w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Soto , Fernando , 1496 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Murat , Napoleon Achille 1801 -1847 (search)
Murat, Napoleon Achille 1801-1847
Author; born in Paris, France, Jan. 21, 1801; came to the United States in 1821; travelled here extensively; then settled near Tallahassee, Fla., and was naturalized in 1826.
He married a grandniece of Lafayette.
He was the author of Letters of a citizen of the United States to his friends in Europe; Moral and political essays on the United States of America; and Exposition of the principles of Republican government as it has been perfected in America (which passed through more than fifty editions). He died in Wasceissa, Fla., April 15, 1847.
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