Red Eagle and the Wars with the Creek Indians of Alabama

In that [Creek] war there was one man more conspicuous than any other-more relentless, more daring . . . and at the same time more brilliant in attack and defence, abler in counsel, and having greater skill in the field than any of his fellow-chiefs-a man who fought Jackson, Claiborne, Flournoy, Floyd, and Coffee, whose troops, coming from different quarters of the country, surrounded him on every side and out-numbered him on every field; fighting them with credit to his own skill and daring, and with no little damage to these skilled enemies-a man of whom Jackson said,Eggleston, George Cary is the author of 'Red Eagle and the Wars with the Creek Indians of Alabama', published 1976 under ISBN 9780404155285 and ISBN 0404155286.