Selected Readings from Volume II | Digital Alabama

Sequoya or George Gist: Cherokee

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:11:23 +0000

In 1809 a chance conversation with some of his people led him to think deeply over the prob¬ lem how it was possible that white people could communicate thought by means of writing. He then and there resolved to devise a similar system for his own people. A hunting accident after this making him a lifelong cripple, his now enforced sedentary life gave him all the leisure to evolve his great invention.
Although Sequoyah was never a principal chief, he was active in Cherokee politics and an influential person. He was one of the Cherokee delegates who signed the 1816 Treaty of Chickasaw Council House, which ceded most of the Cherokee claims to land in present-day north Alabama. In 1818, Sequoyah joined a group of Cherokees who volunteered to immigrate west. His syllabary now allowed the eastern and western Cherokees to communicate with one another.

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Opothleyaholo: Creek Chief

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:45:23 +0000

No facts have been preserved of the early life of Opothleyaholo, except that he was considered a promising youth, nor is it known when he rose to the position of speaker of the councils of the Upper Creek towns. His residence was in Tuckabachee, near the great council house.

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Nehemathla Micco or Neamathia Micco: Creek Chief

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:09:59 +0000

Neamathla and the Fowltown warriors, all Red Sticks, were defeated in the Battle of Uchee Creek (1813) by the "southern" Creeks. They might have won had they not run out of ammunition. When a supply party with ammunition was attacked on its return from Pensacola — a preemptive strike — by U.S. forces, the Red Sticks defeated them at the Battle of Burnt Corn.

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Great Mortar, Yayatustenuggee, Yayatatastenake, or Otis Micco

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 22:01:28 +0000

He was born in Okchaiyi, belonged to the Bear clan, and became a prominent chief of his native town. He did his trading at Fort Toulouse, and during the French and Indian war was in the French interest.

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Malatchee, Malahchee or Majla-Chi: Creek Chief

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:46:06 +0000

... the young Malatchee had so signalized himself as a warrior, that he was looked upon as the greatest man in the Creek Nation.

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Peter McQueen: Creek Chief

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:02:19 +0000

Like many other half-bloods, through the influence brought to bear upon him from English and Spanish sources, he joined the hostile faction in 1813, and became one of the most prominent Red Stick leaders during the Creek war.

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William McIntosh: Creek Chief

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 19:28:12 +0000

He was at the battle of Atossee, November 14, 1813, and General Floyd in his report states that Mcintosh and his braves fought in this battle "with an intrepidity worthy of any troops." He also distinguished himself at the battle of the Horseshoe, where General Jackson in his report speaks of him as "Major Mcintosh."

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Samuel Chocote, Principal Chief

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 17:54:20 +0000

Samuel Chocote, Principal Chief Samuel Checote, born in the Chattahoochee valley in Alabama in 1819, came with his parents to the old Indian Territory in 1829. He was a full blood Creek Indian, of the Lower Creek or McIntosh faction. His parents settled west of Okmulgee but passed away within a few years after their […]

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Yoholo Micco: Chief Upper Creek Town of Eufaula

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 16:34:07 +0000

Yoholo Micco is believed to have been the "Chief of Eufaula" who presented an emotional address to the Alabama legislature at the state capitol in Tuscaloosa in 1836.

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