Muscogee (Creek) Indians

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A brief conflict between the United States and Muscogee (Creeks) in 1836 ended with U.S. troops, assisted by Georgia and Alabama militia, rounding up Muscogee and forcibly sending them to Indian Territory (Oklahoma).

Reprinted by permission of The Granger Collection, New York

Color print of Muscogee Creek Indians attacking settlers at a fort.

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