William Weatherford, known as “The Red Eagle,” was born in 1765, the son of Scotch trader Charles Weatherford and Creek Princess Sehoy Tate Weatherford, and rose to become one of the most powerful leaders of the Wind Clan of the Creek Indian Nation. In the early 1800s, conflicts usually over land between Creek Indians and white settlers erupted into open warfare. After leading his warriors in the attack on Fort Mims in August 1813, he was said to have grieved at the viciousness of the attack, in which over 500 white settlers—men, women, and children—and several hundred Creek Indian warriors were killed. In March 1814, Andrew Jackson and 2,000 Tennessee volunteers defeated the Creek Indian Nation led by Red Eagle at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. William Weatherford died at age 60 and was buried beside his beloved mother, Sehoy Tate Weatherford, at this site. Sehoy Tate Weatherford, a princess of the Creek Indian Nation and mother of William Weatherford, was born the third Princess Sehoy in the Creek Nation. Widowed with two children, she married Charles Weatherford, and their union produced two offspring, including William Weatherford, who became “The Red Eagle.” Under the rule of maternal inheritance, the husbands of Creek princesses could become very powerful men in the Creek Nation. Between the three Sehoys—Sehoy Marchand, Sehoy McGillavry, and Sehoy Weatherford—the Wind Clan of the Creeks was ruled by Sehoy princesses and their husbands for almost 100 years. Beloved by her son William, her remains were brought to this spot before his death so that they might be together in the hereafter.