Alexander McGillivray, also known as Hoboi-Hili-Miko, was a Muscogee leader. The son of a Muscogee mother, Sehoy II, and a Scottish father, Lachlan McGillivray, he was literate and received an educati
A purported portrait of Alexander McGillivray contained in a silver locket.
The Creek War was a regional conflict between opposing Native American factions, European powers, and the United States during the early 19th century. The Creek War began as a conflict within the trib
Alexander McGillivray
…illiterate Creek gradually became aware of his duplicity in the Treaty of New York and other matters, there "began a process that would culminate in the Redstick War." McGillivray was born Hoboi-Hili-Miko (Good Child King) in the Coushatta village of Little Tallassee (also known as Little Tallase, Little Talisi and…
William Weatherford surrendering to Andrew Jackson
Painting (1805) of Benjamin Hawkins on his plantation, instructing Creeks in European technology
"General Jackson's campaign against the Creek Indians 1813 & 1814" (NAID 102279378)
U.S. regulars storm the breastworks at Horseshoe Bend