Littafuchee
Littafuchee (alternative: Litafatci) was a village of the Upper Creek people. Littafuchee was located near Canoe Creek, a tributary of the Coosa River, in what is now St. Clair County, Alabama.[1] Flint projectile points were produced in a craft workshop there; the village name means "makers of arrowheads" or "making of arrows."[1] The town was burned by Colonel Robert Henry Dyer in October 1813 during the Red Sticks War.[2] The Americans took 29 prisoners and 300 head of cattle belonging to village headman Bob Cataula.[2][1] Among prisoners was a baby who was taken to Andrew Jackson's Hermitage as a "little Indian" for his son; this baby was called Theodore.[2] Seven people who had been slaves of Cataula were sold at auction at Nashville, Tennessee, in June 1814.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Wright, Amos J. (2003). Historic Indian towns in Alabama, 1540–1838. Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-8173-1251-0.
- 1 2 3 4 Henderson, T. R. (July 2014). "The Destruction of Littafuchee, and a Brief History of American Settlement". Alabama Review. 67 (3): 233–253. doi:10.1353/ala.2014.0028. ISSN 2166-9961.