Bowlegs Town...Seminole Indian War

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Young John Horse experienced the war firsthand in April during "the stiffest fight of the campaign" when Jackson and his Creek allies raided the settlements on the Suwannee. On April 16, Jackson and a contingent of Creeks under Chief William McIntosh descended on the Seminole allies at Bowlegs' Town. The Seminole Indians, stationed on the far side of the river, were able to melt away before the attack. About 300 blacks, however, were caught on the wrong side and forced to fight a rearguard action. Though outnumbered four-to-one, the blacks delayed the Americans long enough for their families to be ferried to safety. John Horse and his mother, like other survivors of the attack, were presumably transported over the river in rafts lashed together from logs.
 

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Chief William McIntosh is a decendant of mine and his pic is my avatar ........ nice to see his name show up .


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