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		James McQueen was a Scotchman, born, it is said in 1683, deserted from a British vessel at St. Augustine in 1710.
		McQueen was a prominent chief at the massacre of Fort Mims.
		The most notable fight was on April 12, 1818, at Econfinnah, in which McQueen was defeated with the loss of thirty-seven men killed, and six men and ninety-seven women and children capture of cattle.
	www.newworldcelts.org /celtic_indians.htm (4982 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Andrew Jackson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Jackson became a colonel in the Tennessee militia, which he had led since 1801, the beginning of his military career.
		In 1813, after a massacre of 400 men, women and children at Fort Mims (in what is now Alabama) by Northern Creek Band chieftain Peter McQueen, Jackson commanded in the campaign against the Northern Creek Indians of Alabama and Georgia, also known as the "Red Sticks".
		Creek leaders such as William Weatherford (Red Eagle), Peter McQueen, and Menawa, who had been allies of the British during the War of 1812, violently clashed with other chiefs of the Creek Nation over white encroachment on Creek lands, and the "civilizing" programs administered by U.S. Indian Agent Benjamin Hawkins.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Andrew_Jackson (3732 words)

	Alabama - USA, Business,Govt,Community,Education,Real-Estate -WorldViewer ! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Inspired by the fiery eloquence of the Shawnee leader Tecumseh and their own religious leaders, Creeks from the Upper Towns, known to whites as Red Sticks, sought to aggressively resist white encroachment and the "civilizing" programs administered by U.S. Indian Agent Benjamin Hawkins.
		Red Stick leaders William Weatherford (Red Eagle), Peter McQueen and Menawa violently clashed with the Lower Creeks led by William McIntosh, who were allied with the Americans.
		On August 30, 1813, Red Sticks led by Red Eagle attacked the American outpost of Fort Mims near Mobile, Alabama, where white Americans and their Indian allies had gathered.
	www.alabamaus.com /wiki-Creek_people (1618 words)

	August 2003 Newsletter from "On This Date in North American Indian History" by Phil Konstantin
		August 4, 1845: Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) is a Mississauga Ojibwa chief.
		While on a speaking tour of Scotland to raise money for missionary efforts in his homeland, his picture is taken.
		800 Red Stick Creeks warriors (some estimates range between 400 and a 1,000), led by Chiefs Peter McQueen and William Weatherford (Lume Chathi - Red Eagle), rush into the open fort, at noon, and kill 107 soldiers, and 260 civilians, including 100 Negro slaves.
	www.americanindian.net /newsletter0803.html (7910 words)

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