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Milly Francis was the daughter of the Creek Chief Hillis Hadjo during the Florida War 1817. At fifteen years old, by her pleas she saved the life of a young white officer, Duncan McKrimmon, whom they were about to kill. She later declined his offer of marriage. Congress, by special act in 1844, awarded her a pension and a medal. She came with the Creeks to this country. She died in poverty in May, 1848, and is buried somewhere in this vicinity.
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Muskogee, Oklahoma · United States
