Out of a thousand, as the man most fertile in resources, most indom A discriminating observer, at that time, would have selected him Spoke for itself in his tall, sinewy form and strongly-marked, expressiveДЇace.

Of character, extensive knowledge of Creek Indian history, mannersДЄnd character with an indomitable will and a sturdy self-reliance, which Hearted man, of fine intellectual endowments, a most sagacious judge His personal acquaintance with him was but slight yet he knew well his reputation in East Alabama, as a brave, rough, warm. It is more than twenty years since the writer first saw and knew Gen. In the same letter, he speaks his admiration of and regard for two other prominent Alabamians. Woodward pays a sincere tribute to the memory of his old friend. In one of his letters in this volume, Gen. They were received for publication by the writer of this, about the time of Col. Pickett, who did his State so much service and himself so much credit, by his elaborate History of Alabama, were never seen by that gentleman. One or two of the letters addressed to the late lamented Col. Woodward and with the view of disarming the hypercritical, who might be disposed to be severe upon the homely but effective phraseology with which the Generals interesting narrations are clothed. These facts are stated in justice to Gen. He only yielded, at length, to the argument that he alone, perhaps, of living men, possessed a knowledge of the many interesting facts and traditions he had acquired during an intercourse of nearly half a century with the Indian tribes of the South-west. Woodward alleged that his want of early education and the inaccuracy of his style unfitted him to appear before the public as a writer of historical sketches. It was with some difficulty that this consent was obtained, as Gen. Woodward asking his consent to his having the letters collectively published. This suggested to him the idea of publishing the whole in a form convenient both for preservation and reference He therefore immediately wrote to Gen. All these letters, replete as they were with incidents and descriptions of a most interesting character, found favor with the public and the undersigned was frequently applied to for copies of them, which it was impossible to supply. About the same time, friends of his caused the publication, in the Columbus Sun and Union Springs Gazette, of several letters written by Gen. Woodward was kind enough to contribute to the 'Mail,' (with which the undersigned is connected as senior editor,) a number of letters containing much valuable matter relative to the history, cus toms, &c., of the Creek Confederacy of Indian tribes. Hanrick, were not expected to be published, at all but being casually shown to the writer of this introduction, he solicited and obtained them for insertion in the columns of the Montgomery Mail, believing that their contents would prove attractive to a large class of readers who feel much interest in all that concerns the early history of the State. Woodward, without any idea of their being presented to the public in this form. MOST of the letters which are contained in this little volume were writ ten by Gen. In the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. Libraries Rights:Д¬ONTAINING INTERESTING MATTEK RELATING TO THE GENERAL SUBJECT.ДAEBETT A WIMBISU, BOOK AND GENERAL JOB PRINTERS.Д®ntered according to act of Congress, on the 9th of January, 1859, by Holding Institution: University of Georgia. Libraries Local Identifier: gb0298 Metadata URL: Digital Object URL: Extent: 168 p. Text/html Description: Scanned by the Digital Library of Georgia and transcribed and encoded in SGML by Pacific Data Conversion Corporation for the University of Georgia. Texts (document genres) Type: Text Format: application/pdf

Indians of North America-Southern StatesДЄlabama-History Location: United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 Medium: books Date of Original: 1859 Subject: Creek Indians : Barrett & Wimbish, book and general job printers, 1859. Woodward, of Louisiana (formerly of Alabama) with an appendix containing interesting matter relating to the general subject. Woodward's reminiscences of the Creek or Muscogee Indians, contained in letters to friends in Georgia and Alabama / by Thomas S. Woodward, of Louisiana (formerly of Alabama) with an appendix containing interesting matter relating to the general subject Creator: Woodward, Thomas Simpson Publisher: Transcribed from: Woodward, Thomas Simpson. Collection: Georgia Historic Books Title: Woodward's reminiscences of the Creek or Muscogee Indians, contained in letters to friends in Georgia and Alabama / by Thomas S.

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