A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G.W. Grayson (Civilization of the American Indian Series)

Taken from inside front dust jacket flap: The autobiography of George Washington Grayson is a remarkable commentary on the history of the Creek Indians from the time of their removal from the Southeast to the dissolution of tribal government in 1906. Born in 1843 in the vicinity of present-day Eufaula, Oklahoma, of traditional parents who both claimed European ancestors, Grayson first attended Creek mission schools and later Arkansas College in Fayetteville. Like other Métis, or mixed-blood, during the Civil War he campaigned with Creek units attached to the armies of the Confederacy in Indian Territory, participating in the battle at Honey Springs, the capture of J.R. Williams, the engagement at Flat Rock Creek and the second battle of Cabin Creek.