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Fort Mims

American  

noun

  1. a stockade in SW Alabama, near the junction of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers: Indian massacre 1813.


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Despite being originally limited to Creek Country and its boarders, the violence quickly transformed into a frontier struggle between the young United States and the resistant Red Stick forces following the attack of Fort Mims.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

Thus ended the battle of Fort Mims, in some respects the most remarkable battle between Indians and white men of which history anywhere tells us.

From Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. by Eggleston, George Cary

I'm going to-night down towards old Fort Mims, to see if the country is pretty free from Indians, and to find out what I can about the chance of getting away from here.

From The Big Brother A Story of Indian War by Eggleston, George Cary

Accordingly, he must have sent a letter to that ally on the very day of the massacre at Fort Mims, or on the next day at latest.

From Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. by Eggleston, George Cary

Just below the junction of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers, on the east side of the stream, they will find the little town of Tensaw, and Fort Mims stood very near that place.

From The Big Brother A Story of Indian War by Eggleston, George Cary

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