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William Weatherford, also known after his death as Red Eagle (c. 1765 – March 24, 1824), was a Creek chief of the Upper Creek towns who led many of the Red Sticks actions in the Creek War (1813–1814) against Lower Creek towns and against allied forces of the United States.
He is popularly known as “Red Eagle,” a name that first appeared in a poem by A. B. Meek, published in 1855, that presented a highly romanticized version of Weatherford’s life.
Discover life events, stories and photos about Chief William "Red Eagle" Weatherford (1765–1824) of Little River, Baldwin, Alabama, United States.
Red Eagle was one of the most extraordinary figures of resistance to the advancing United States of America. A half-breed trader, he led the Red Stick Creek Indians in a war against the United States in 1813-14. Eventually defeated by Andrew Jackson, he went on to become friends with the seventh president of the USA.
William Weatherford (ca. 1781-1824), arguably the best known Red Stick war leader in the Creek War of 1813-14, was born around 1781 near the town of Coosada, an Alabama town of the Creek confederacy.
Creek Indian Chief Red Eagle is William LaMochatte / Lumhe Chati (Red Eagle) Weatherford was born on September 28, 1780, in the Creek Indian town of Coosada, in what is now present-day Alabama. Red Eagle died on March 9, 1824, in Little River, Alabama, at the age of 43, and was buried there.
Weatherford, William, c.1780–1824, Native American chief, b. present-day Alabama, also called Red Eagle. In the War of 1812 he led the Creek war party, stirred by Tecumseh, against the Americans. On Aug. 30, 1813, he attacked Fort Mims, a temporary.