Creek War (1813–1814)

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Native American war conflict war

The Creek War (1813–1814) was a conflict in the southeastern United States in which factions of the Muscogee (Creek) people, U.S. forces, and allied Native American groups fought a brutal campaign that culminated in major land cessions to the United States.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Creek War	16
Creek War (1813–1814) canonical	1
Creek War of 1813–1814	1
United States–allied Creek factions	1
War of 1812-era conflicts in the Southeast	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1971671 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Creek War (1813–1814)
Context triple: [Creek (Muscogee) Nation, historicalEvent, Creek War (1813–1814)]

A. Creek War of 1836
The Creek War of 1836 was a conflict in Alabama and Georgia in which U.S. forces suppressed Creek resistance, leading to the forced removal of the Creek people along the Trail of Tears.
B. First Seminole War
The First Seminole War was an early 19th-century conflict in Spanish Florida in which U.S. forces under Andrew Jackson invaded Seminole territory, helping pave the way for U.S. acquisition of Florida and setting a precedent for later Indian removal policies.
C. Seminole Wars
The Seminole Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, largely over land, removal, and resistance to U.S. expansion.
D. Tecumseh's War
Tecumseh's War was an early 19th-century conflict in the Old Northwest in which the Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his Native American confederacy resisted U.S. expansion into their lands.
E. Second Seminole War
The Second Seminole War was a prolonged 19th-century conflict in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, fought largely over resistance to forced relocation from their ancestral lands.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Creek War (1813–1814)
Target entity description: The Creek War (1813–1814) was a conflict in the southeastern United States in which factions of the Muscogee (Creek) people, U.S. forces, and allied Native American groups fought a brutal campaign that culminated in major land cessions to the United States.

A. Creek War of 1836
The Creek War of 1836 was a conflict in Alabama and Georgia in which U.S. forces suppressed Creek resistance, leading to the forced removal of the Creek people along the Trail of Tears.
B. First Seminole War
The First Seminole War was an early 19th-century conflict in Spanish Florida in which U.S. forces under Andrew Jackson invaded Seminole territory, helping pave the way for U.S. acquisition of Florida and setting a precedent for later Indian removal policies.
C. Seminole Wars
The Seminole Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, largely over land, removal, and resistance to U.S. expansion.
D. Tecumseh's War
Tecumseh's War was an early 19th-century conflict in the Old Northwest in which the Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his Native American confederacy resisted U.S. expansion into their lands.
E. Second Seminole War
The Second Seminole War was a prolonged 19th-century conflict in Florida between the United States and the Seminole people, fought largely over resistance to forced relocation from their ancestral lands.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American war ⓘ conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
combatantsIncluded	militia from Georgia ⓘ militia from Tennessee ⓘ militia from the Mississippi Territory ⓘ
conflictType	civil war within the Creek Nation ⓘ frontier war ⓘ
consequence	Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ large land cessions by the Creek Nation to the United States ⓘ
dateOfBattleOfHorseshoeBend	1814-03-27 ⓘ
decisiveBattle	Battle of Horseshoe Bend ⓘ
endTime	1814 ⓘ
hasCause	U.S. expansion into Creek lands ⓘ influence of the War of 1812 ⓘ internal division within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
location	Alabama ⓘ Georgia ⓘ southeastern United States ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Cherokee allies of the United States ⓘ linked to: Cherokee Nation (historical) Choctaw allies of the United States ⓘ Muscogee (Creek) allies of the United States ⓘ linked to: Creek (Muscogee) Nation Red Stick faction of the Muscogee (Creek) ⓘ linked to: Red Stick faction of the Creek United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
notableCommander	Andrew Jackson ⓘ John Coffee ⓘ Menawa ⓘ Pushmataha ⓘ William Weatherford ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Emuckfaw ⓘ Battle of Enotachopco Creek ⓘ Battle of Horseshoe Bend ⓘ Battle of Talladega ⓘ Battle of Tallushatchee ⓘ Fort Mims massacre ⓘ
opponentOf	Red Stick Muscogee (Creek) ⓘ linked to: Red Stick faction of the Creek United States and allied Native American groups ⓘ linked to: Southeastern Indigenous nations
partOf	War of 1812 ⓘ
relatedTo	Indian removal in the southeastern United States ⓘ history of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
result	United States victory ⓘ defeat of the Red Stick faction ⓘ
significantFor	expansion of U.S. territory in the Southeast ⓘ rise of Andrew Jackson as a national military figure ⓘ weakening of Creek political and military power ⓘ
startTime	1813 ⓘ
territorialChange	U.S. acquisition of much of present-day Alabama ⓘ U.S. acquisition of part of present-day Georgia ⓘ cession of over 20 million acres of Creek land to the United States ⓘ

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