On November 12, 1813, one of the key assaults of the Creek War took place near the mouth of Randon’s Creek where it flows into the Alabama River. After the Fort Mims Massacre in August, small bands of Creek warriors continued attacking settlements in the region. Capt. Sam Dale, stationed at Ft. Madison in Clarke County, volunteered to lead a mission to drive the Creeks from the area. Dale and American militiamen Jeremiah Austill and James Smith had launched their canoe the previous day at Brazier’s Landing, now French’s Landing, and moved upriver, where they encountered a canoe carrying nine Indian warriors. A ferryman named Caesar paddled Dale’s canoe and, during the battle, held the two canoes together. One Indian was thrown into the water and the other eight were killed. The battle checked Creek incursions on the west side of the Alabama River and allowed settlers of Clarke County to return to their plantations, gather their crops, and enlarge their improvements.