March 1814
ViolenceBook sources
Horseshoe Bend
Alabama; Red Stick Muscogees and allies
Jackson’s forces, including Native allies, defeated the Red Sticks at a fortified settlement. Hundreds were killed and women and children taken captive, preceding sweeping land demands.
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Context / qualification
Use the book’s figures only as attributed estimates, not settled counts.
Sources
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 6