Having lost one-third of thier territory as a result of the Treaty of Ft. Jackson, some Creek relocated to Florida and joined the Seminole
While American History shouldn't be viewed mainly as a series of wars of expansion, its Indian policy demonstrates little else. The previous series of articles showed a struggle between the Creek Nation and the United States. The Red Stick Rebellion, as we have seen, was not simply a war between two nations. It was another Indian civil war that divided the Creek Nation and left them open for conquest by the United States. In this article, I have atempted to demonstrate how the numerous quasi-wars with the U.S. have damaged Native American societies--not only in the toll those wars had on the lives of the people, but on the internal development of the nation itself. The following series will look at how the Creek refugees joined with the Seminole and continued to resist the Americans.
