[52]. Niles’ Weekly Register, Vol. VII., pp. 134-135.
[53]. Pickett’s History of Alabama, Vol. II., p. 357.
[54]. Niles’ Weekly Register, Vol. VII., p. 11.
[55]. Niles’ Weekly Register, Vol. VII., p. 281.
[56]. Niles’ Weekly Register, Vol. VII., p. 281.
[57]. Niles’ Weekly Register, Vol. VII., p. 281.
[58]. Niles’ Weekly Register, Vol. VII., p. 281.
[59]. Niles’ Weekly Register, Vol. 6, p. 370.
[60]. Weatherford having boldly ridden up to General Jackson’s tent, was met by the threatening question: “How dare you, sir, ride up to my tent after having murdered the women and children at Fort Mims?” Weatherford replied: “General Jackson, I am not afraid of you. I fear no man, for I am a Creek warrior. I have nothing to request in behalf of myself; you can kill me if you wish. I come to beg you to send for the women and children of the war party who are now starving in the woods. Their fields and cribs have been destroyed by your people, who have driven them to the woods without one ear of corn. I hope you will send out parties to safely bring them here in order that they may be fed. I exerted myself in vain to prevent the massacre of the women and children at Fort Mims. I am now done fighting. The Red Sticks are nearly all killed. If I could fight you any longer I would most heartily do so. Send for the women and children; they never did you any harm. But kill me if the white people want it done.”—Pickett’s History of Alabama, Vol. II., p. 349.
[61]. Niles’ Weekly Register, Vol. 15, pp. 270-282.