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Definition of Creek Confederacy
1. Noun. A North American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma.
Member holonyms: Alabama, Hitchiti, Muskogee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Creek Confederacy
Literary usage of Creek Confederacy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1847)
"... and of the Creek Confederacy. These nations are classed under one head by
American writers, partly, as it appears, on account of their political ..."
2. Harpers' Popular Cyclopaedia of United States History from the Aboriginal by Benson John Lossing (1881)
"Creek Confederacy. The domain of the Creek Confederacy extended {mm the Atlantic
... The men of the Creek Confederacy were well- proportioned, active, ..."
3. Outdoor Life and Indian Stories: Making Open Air Life Attractive to Young by Edward Sylvester Ellis (1912)
"... WEATHERFORD CHIEF OF THE Creek Confederacy LIVING at the time of Tecumseh,
was a chief of strong ability, though inferior to the great Shawanoe in the ..."
4. A History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent by Benson John Lossing (1881)
"Г„ l , J The Creek Confederacy extended from the- Atlantic westward to the high
lands which separate the waters of the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers, ..."
5. American Indian Life by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons, Elsie Clews Barsons, Christopher Grant La Farge (1922)
"Creeks The Creek confederacy was based upon a number of tribes speaking the Muskogee
... It should be understood that the Creek Confederacy was a growing ..."
6. The Book of the Indians of North America by Samuel Gardner Drake (2001)
"Such were the opposite and sometimes disgusting traits of character in the
celebrated Weatherford, the key and corner-stone of the Creek confederacy! ..."
7. The Book of the Indians of North America by Samuel Gardner Drake (2001)
"CHAPTER V. WEATHERFORD—His character and country—The corner-stone of the Creek
confederacy—Favors the designs of Tecumseh—Captures Fort Mimms— Dreadful ..."
8. American History: A Description of American Antiquities, with an Inquiry by Marcius Willson (1847)
"'The Creek confederacy extended from the Atlantic, westward, to the dividing
ridge which separates the waters of the ..."
9. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1847)
"... and of the Creek Confederacy. These nations are classed under one head by
American writers, partly, as it appears, on account of their political ..."
10. Harpers' Popular Cyclopaedia of United States History from the Aboriginal by Benson John Lossing (1881)
"Creek Confederacy. The domain of the Creek Confederacy extended {mm the Atlantic
... The men of the Creek Confederacy were well- proportioned, active, ..."
11. Outdoor Life and Indian Stories: Making Open Air Life Attractive to Young by Edward Sylvester Ellis (1912)
"... WEATHERFORD CHIEF OF THE Creek Confederacy LIVING at the time of Tecumseh,
was a chief of strong ability, though inferior to the great Shawanoe in the ..."
12. A History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent by Benson John Lossing (1881)
"Г„ l , J The Creek Confederacy extended from the- Atlantic westward to the high
lands which separate the waters of the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers, ..."
13. American Indian Life by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons, Elsie Clews Barsons, Christopher Grant La Farge (1922)
"Creeks The Creek confederacy was based upon a number of tribes speaking the Muskogee
... It should be understood that the Creek Confederacy was a growing ..."
14. The Book of the Indians of North America by Samuel Gardner Drake (2001)
"Such were the opposite and sometimes disgusting traits of character in the
celebrated Weatherford, the key and corner-stone of the Creek confederacy! ..."
15. The Book of the Indians of North America by Samuel Gardner Drake (2001)
"CHAPTER V. WEATHERFORD—His character and country—The corner-stone of the Creek
confederacy—Favors the designs of Tecumseh—Captures Fort Mimms— Dreadful ..."
16. American History: A Description of American Antiquities, with an Inquiry by Marcius Willson (1847)
"'The Creek confederacy extended from the Atlantic, westward, to the dividing
ridge which separates the waters of the ..."
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