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Menawa, was born about 1765 at the village of Oakfuskee located on or near the Tallapoosa River
Tallapoosa River

The Tallapoosa River runs from the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia , in the United States, southward and westward into Alabama....
, the site is now covered by the lower part of Lake Martin. He was also known as Great Warrior and was a military leader of the Creek (Muscogee) people. Like many of the Creek leaders of his era, he was of mixed Scottish
Scottish people

The Scots people are a nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.Historically, as an ethnic group, they emerged from an amalgamation of Celts, Picts, Gaels and Brythons....
 and American Indian ancestry.

During the Creek War
Creek War

The Creek War , also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, began as a civil war within the Creek people nation. It is sometimes considered to be part of the War of 1812....
, he was one of the principal leaders of the "Red Sticks
Red Sticks

Red Sticks is the English term for a traditionalist faction of Creek people who led a resistance movement which culminated in the outbreak of the Creek War in 1813....
" or Upper Creeks, who went to war against the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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Menawa, was born about 1765 at the village of Oakfuskee located on or near the Tallapoosa River
Tallapoosa River

The Tallapoosa River runs from the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia , in the United States, southward and westward into Alabama....
, the site is now covered by the lower part of Lake Martin. He was also known as Great Warrior and was a military leader of the Creek (Muscogee) people. Like many of the Creek leaders of his era, he was of mixed Scottish
Scottish people

The Scots people are a nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.Historically, as an ethnic group, they emerged from an amalgamation of Celts, Picts, Gaels and Brythons....
 and American Indian ancestry.

During the Creek War
Creek War

The Creek War , also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, began as a civil war within the Creek people nation. It is sometimes considered to be part of the War of 1812....
, he was one of the principal leaders of the "Red Sticks
Red Sticks

Red Sticks is the English term for a traditionalist faction of Creek people who led a resistance movement which culminated in the outbreak of the Creek War in 1813....
" or Upper Creeks, who went to war against the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Menawa was second in command at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle of Horseshoe Bend

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend was fought during the War of 1812 in central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Native Americans in the United States allies under General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek people Indian tribe inspired by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, effectively ending the Creek War....
 at the end of the Creek War. He was wounded seven times during the battle, but he escaped and survived his wounds.

After the war, Menawa continued to oppose the encroachment on Creek lands. On April 30, 1825, he led the party that assassinated William McIntosh
William McIntosh

William McIntosh , also known as "White Warrior," was the son of Captain William McIntosh, a member of a prominent Savannah, Georgia family sent into the Creek Nation to recruit them to fight for the British during the Revolutionary War ....
, who had signed Treaty of Indian Springs
Treaty of Indian Springs

There are two Treaties of Indian Springs with the Creek_people. The first treaty was signed January 8, 1821. In it, the Creeks ceded land to the state of Georgia in return for cash payments totaling $200,000 over a period of 14 years....
.

Menawa was a member of the Creek National Council led by Opothleyahola
Opothleyahola

Opothleyahola, also spelled Opothle Yohola, Opothleyoholo, Hu-pui-hilth Yahola, and Hopoeitheyohola, was a Creek Indian chief, noted as a brilliant orator and spokesperson of the Upper Creek Council....
 that went to Washington D.C., in 1826, to oppose the Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creek leaders signed the Treaty of Washington (1826)
Treaty of Washington (1826)

The 1826 Treaty of Washington was a settlement between the United States government and the Creek of Native Americans in the United States, led by their spokesman Opothleyahola....
, which nullified the Treaty of Indian Springs. In this new treaty, the Creek ceded land to Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
—in compensation, they received an immediate payment of $217,660 and a perpetual annuity of $20,000.

Menawa died during the general removal
Indian Removal

Indian Removal was a nineteenth century policy of the government of the United States to Ethnic cleansing Native Americans in the United States tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river....
 of the Creek. His burial place is unknown.

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