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A Dictionary of American History
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Creek Indians
Creek Indians Known to themselves as the Muskogees, the Creeks speak one of the Muskogean languages and numbered over 20,000 in the area between the Savannah and Alabama rivers in 1790. They were deeply involved in the deerskin trade, had good relations with the English, and fought against US forces in the American Revolution (see Revolutionary War). Under Alexander McGillivray, through war and diplomacy, they enjoyed much success in halting whites from encroaching on their lands. In 1811 a pro-war faction initiated the Creek War, which crushed the nation’s military power to resist US expansion. When pressed by the US, they agreed to sell their homeland. A badly organized relocation of 15,000 Creeks in 1834–5 resulted in over 3,000 deaths, and the army had to mobilize for a second Creek War in July 1837 and force the remaining members to migrate at gunpoint. Their reservation at Okmulgee, Okla. contained 54,606 Creeks in 1987.
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Chicago:
Thomas L. Purvis, "Creek Indians," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed July 13, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H3SQF9CPBCMWE2G.
MLA:
Purvis, Thomas L. "Creek Indians." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 13 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H3SQF9CPBCMWE2G.
Harvard:
Purvis, TL, 'Creek Indians' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 13 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H3SQF9CPBCMWE2G.
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