Photograph of Chief John Ross - Chief John Ross 1843 Print shows John Ross, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, with right hand on a…
See: Lt. David Moniac, a Creek Native American, was the first minority graduate of West Point DAVID TATE TO CADET DAVID MONIAC LETTER OF 1822* April…
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Catharine Brown was born about the year 1800. in a part of the country belonging to the Cherokee Indians, now called Wills-Valley,1 in the northeastern…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) To protect the Cherokees from this intrusion (gold miners) the United States stationed…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Georgia was among the first to grow insistent upon obtaining possession of the…
Note from Donna Causey: Everything written below is an exact transcription (with possible misspellings) from the From Cahawba Democrat (Cahaba, Alabama) February 1, 1840, so it was…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) At the beginning of the American Revolution and the settlement of whites in…
Moundville Archaeological Park - a true treasure in Alabama Few sections in the Southern States can equal the wealth of evidence of Native American…
EARLY LANDOWNERS IN INDIAN SESSION OF 1814 Ts. 16, 17, 18, 19, Rs. 18, 19, 20 Loftin-----Sec. 23, T. 18, N. R. 18 E.…
This was a letter written to the Editor of the Columbus (Georgia) Sun on June 16, 1858, from General, Thomas S. Woodward about the recapture…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Pressured by the State of Georgia, the United States government finally contracted with…
General Sam Dale gives an eyewitness account of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh's visit to Alabama in 1811 Scroll down to read story The Shawnee chief,…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Treaty commissioners were sent to the Cherokee country in the fall of 1823…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) Autosee Battle By Georgians Red Eagle sent two bodies of his warriors to harass the borders…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation (Story continued below) When Little Warrior was killed, the letter he was carrying from the British at Malden to…
Below are some early Native American pictures at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Can you add additional information about the photographs? Choctaw…
During the 1930s, the Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview people and write stories about life in the United States. The…
The Indian Legend of Natural Bridge, Winston County, Alabama by G. Samek During the 1930s, Great Depression era, many writers were employed to interview…
Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation and ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS - Volume I - IV: Four Volumes in One (Volume 1- Having made peace with…
The following is an Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS: Confrontation - (Excerpt continued below) The Breaking Point The hunting grounds of the Creeks once stretched…
(Transcribed and unedited story found in other stories from a WPA (Works Projects Administration) in a Sumter County, Alabama folder of ex-slave stories. It…
A Ruse Saved Immigrants Lives While Traveling Through Indian Territory This story is an excerpt from the book ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Settlement: Lost & Forgotten…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) On May 29, 1834, Ross received word that a new delegation from the…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) Despite all efforts by the federal government, few Native-Americans, except for the Choctaws,…
Lt. David Moniac, a Creek Native American, was the first minority graduate of West Point Can you imagine the culture shock and difficulties this young…
Indians were to be removed voluntarily By the terms of the treaty (Fort Jackson 1814 - Creek Indian War) the Indians were not to…
[This transcription is from a book written ca. 1870 and includes many places of "Indian towns in Coosa County" and names of people who…
(Excerpt from ALABAMA FOOTPRINTS Removal: Lost & Forgotten Stories (Volume 7) After Colonel Crowell was cleared, General Gaines continued to visit and negotiate with…
