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Menawa, War Chief

Tallapoosa County, Alabama
· about 1766 - 1837
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Menawa, an Indian farmer and merchant, chose to resist whites' advance on Indians' lands. In the Creek War he led Creeks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. His warriors were beaten by Jackson's superior force, but Menawa escaped.
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