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- Chinnabbee was a Natchez leader who brought his people to Talladega in 1756 to live sheltered among the Creeks. The Natchez had been driven from their homes in Mississippi by the French. The picture at left shows how the Natchez hunted before they acquired horses, in a "surround" of wild game; the drawing is by Le Page DuPratz who has left us with many contempoary depictions of lifestyles of Indians in the colonial years. Click here to learn more of the Natchez.
Chinnabbee's sister was Nancy Grey. She married Joseph Stiggins an Englishman; their daughter Mary married William Weatherford; their son George Stiggins was a very good friend to the Creeks.
He had a brother who was living at Nauche in 1796 and was well-to-do.
During the Creek War, and probably due to his hatred for the French, Chinnabbee was friendly with the Americans and was made a Brigadier General of the Indian troops.
His small fort on the Coosa River was surrounded by Red Eagle's forces during the War. Selocta went to General Jackson pleading for help. Jackson gave light infantry who routed the Red Sticks.
Soon after Talladega was settled by whites, Chinnabbee was intoxicated and racing his horse, rode too close to a tree and was killed.
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