Creek War

American  

noun

U.S. History.

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

This was an inciting incident in the Creek War, a conflict that unfolded within the larger context of the War of 1812.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

While the Creek War has received more attention in academic circles in recent years, it is still a largely forgotten episode in American history for the reading public.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

Whereas the average American might point to the Battle of New Orleans as the basis of Jackson’s fame, it was his victories during the Creek War that brought him into the national spotlight.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

As Cozzens explains, these Native allies were often key players in both the strategizing and the fighting of the Creek War.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

His eldest brother died in 1817, soon after the Creek War, in which he participated as a soldier under General Jackson.

From Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors by Brownlow, William Gannaway