Hillis Hadjo
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Josiah Francis, also called Francis the Prophet, native name Hillis Hadjo, was a "charismatic religious leader" of the Red Stick Creek Indians. According to the historian Frank Owsley, he became "the
Self-portrait of Josiah Francis
The Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident occurred in April 1818 during the First Seminole War when American general Andrew Jackson invaded Spanish Florida and his troops detained two British subjects, Ale
Hillis Hadjo
…hanged at St. Marks by Jackson, without a court-martial or any other legal proceeding, in sharp contrast with the "court of inquiry" he set up in the Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident. His daughter witnessed his hanging and later turned down McCrimmon's offer of marriage, possibly as a result of the capture. Homathlemico – Muscogee…
1848 illustration of the trial of Ambrister