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| ALABAMA. |
| ALABAMA was made known
by Hernando de Soto, the Spanish
cavalier who sailed from Cuba, of
which he was governor, and landed
at Tampa Bay with 620 men,
crossed Georgia and entered
Alabama in July, 1540. The army
visited Coosa, Tallahassee, and
other Indian towns, but found no
gold, and then marched to Maubila
(Mobile), where they were
fiercely attacked, and defeated
the natives, losing 168 men and
slaying 2,500. The first white
settlement was made in 1702, and
in 1711 the French, under
Bienville, built Fort St. Louis
de la Mobile on the site of
Mobile. In 1813 the Creek War
commenced. Generals Jackson and
Coffee defeated the Indians
several times on the Tallapoosa,
and General Claiborne defeated
them on the Alabama River. The
Indians, commanded by
Weatherford, fled in dismay, and
in canoes and by swimming many
escaped to the opposite shore.
Weatherford, finding himself
deserted, fled on a powerful
horse, hotly pursued, to the
verge of a perpendicular bluff,
where his steed made a mighty
leap, and horse and rider
disappeared in the river. They
immediately arose and he was
borne by the noble animal to the
opposite shore and escaped. |
| In
January, 1861, Alabama seceded
from the Union. The chief event
in the mournful conflict which
followed was Farragut's
magnificent attack on Mobile, and
the occupation of Mobile (in
April, 1865,) by General Canby's
Union army of 45,000 men. Of late
years a great development of
mineral wealth has been produced. |
| ILLUSTRATIONS. |
Seizure
of Osceola, 1837; First House
Built, 1702; Weatherford's
Leap, 1813; Bienville Going up
the Alabama River to
resist the British Invasion, 1711. |
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