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The article discusses the role of newspapers, party politics and statemen in Alabama in the dispute between the U.S. federal and state governments in the territory that was ceded by the Creek Indians in the 1832 Treaty of Cusseta. Particular focus is given on lawyer Francis Scott Key's 1833 visit to Alabama under the command of President Andrew Jackson to end the dispute which was caused by the death of Hardeman Owens, who was accused of cheating the Indians out of their lands.

The article discusses the history of the U.S. Federal Road in Alabama. According to the article, the road facilitated the migration of more than half a million residents to land formerly occupied by Creek Indians in the 19th century. Topics include the construction of mail routes, the surveyor Isaac Briggs, the Treaty of 1805 between Creek leaders and the U.S. government, and the Creek War.

The article discusses the history of the Creek War in Alabama, focusing on the battle of Holy Ground and the rediscovery of the Holy Ground archeological site. Topics include the Redstick Creek Indians, a historic leap from a bluff undertaken by the military officer William Weatherford and his uncle Malcolm McPherson, and historic disagreement about the location of Holy Ground during the 1800s.

The article profiles Abraham Mordecai, a trader and the founder of the city of Montgomery, Alabama, focusing on differences between the accounts of Mordecai published by the historian Albert James Pickett in the 1851 book "History of Alabama" and an 1847 article in the "Montgomery Flag and Advertiser" newspaper. Topics include Mordecai's religious life, his relations with Creek Indians, and an incident in which Mordecai was beaten.

An interview with author and historian Mary Jane Warde is presented in which she discusses the participation of Native Americans in the U.S. Civil War. She discusses the U.S. government's failure to pay what were known as the Five Civilized Tribes annual annuities, Native American factions, particularly the Creek Indians, also called the Muscogee Indians, and leader Opothle Yahola, and the participation of Native American tribes in the war. She also discusses the organization the Indian Home Guard.

The article discusses the Battle of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1815 during the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812, focusing on the role former U.S. President Andrew Jackson had in each event. Other topics include the participation of Creek Indians in the Battle of New Orleans, how the Treaty of Ghent handled the return of lands taken during the War, and Jackson's opposition to the return of Creek land ceded to the U.S. in the Treat of Fort Jackson.

The article discusses the Creek Indian chief known as Big Warrior and the agreement with the U.S. government known as the Treaty of Fort Jackson. It examines Big Warrior's loyalty to Americans during the Creek War, the 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend, and the tendering of his land to Americans Benjamin Hawkins, George Mayfield, and Alexander Cornells, in addition to U.S. Army general Andrew Jackson.

The article discusses the March 27, 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend in Alabama, which was part of the First Creek War. An overview of the tactics that U.S. Major General (and future U.S. president) Andrew Jackson used against the Red Stick Creek Indians, including his leading of a frontal assault launched on the Red Sticks, is provided.

The article looks at the Creek Indian War in Alabama during the first few months of 1814. It focuses on former U.S. President Andrew Jackson's efforts to defeat the Red Stick Creeks, ending in a trap at the Horseshoe Bend in Alabama's Tallapoosa River. It also looks at the difficulties faced by Jackson including poorly trained militia, starvation, and desertion.

The article discusses the history of Alabama during the winter of 1812, focusing on the commercial opportunity that motivated white expansion in the region as well as the responses of Creek Indian groups to settlers. Topics include the cotton industry, cotton prices, slave labor, and the availability of land.

The article discusses the history of Alabama during the fall of 1811, focusing on incidents that led to the Creek War of 1813. Topics include the Federal Road, the efforts of the Shawnee leader Tecumseh to unite groups of Creek Indians against settlers, and a December 16, 1811 earthquake in the region of New Madrid, Missouri.

The article discusses the history of Alabama, focusing on the period prior to the Creek War in the spring of 1811. Topics include the selling of ancestral lands by some Creeks, gender roles in some Creek households, and the attitudes of some Creeks concerning treaties with settlers. The politician Benjamin Hawkins is mentioned.

The article discusses the discovery of the Holy Ground archaeological site in Alabama as well as attempts to raise funds for the preservation of the site from The Archaeological Conservancy nonprofit organization. According to the article, the land had been selected for residential development before artifacts relating to the 19th-century life of the Redstick Creek Indian group were discovered.