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Creek War

American

noun

U.S. History.

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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I felt like patting it on the nose and stroking 30 its sleek fabric back—that is, if it remained constant.

From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark)

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