Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1914 — GEN. JACKSON’S GREAT VICTORY [ARTICLE]

GEN. JACKSON’S GREAT VICTORY

Otoe hundred years ago occurred , ' the battle of Great Horseshoe Bend, in which General Jackson defeated the Creeks and forever broke the powZ_„er of the Indians in the South. The Indians had assembled on the Tallapoosa river, in Alabama, 1,000 warriors strong, with their women and children, determined to make a desperate defense. They fought bravely, and almost six hundred of the warES&fo.- *’•

riors were killed, as they refused to surrender. One of the few who bowed in submission was Chief Weathersford, their greatest leader. He appeared suddenly before General Jackson, in his tent, and standing erect said: *T am in your power; do with me what you please. I have done the white people all the harm I could. My warriors are all gone now, and I can do no more. When there was a

chance for success I never asked for peace. There is none now, and I ask for it for the remnant of my nation."