The first of the Creek campaigns constitutes a phase of the War of 1812. The Upper Creeks, siding with the English, sacked Fort Mims in the summer of 1813, massacring more than 500 men, women, & children. These same Indians, grown to a force of about 900 warriors, were decisively beaten at Horseshoe Bend (Alabama) late in March 1814 by Andrew Jackson & his force of about 2,000 Regulars, militia, & volunteers, plus several hundred friendly Indians.
In 1832 many Creeks were sent to the Indian Territory, & most of those remaining in the Southeast were removed there in 1836-37 when they went on the warpath during the Second Seminole War.
