In 1775 a haughty, egotistical Frenchman journeyed from Paris to Savannah and lived for twenty years, until 1795, among the Creek Indians at the western extremities of Georgia. He became the friend of famous Alexander McGillivray and led his Indian tribes into battle as their Great War Chief, but he also found time to marry an Indian princess and spent time in New Orleans on the Mississippi. In 1802 Milfort write a memoir of his adventures and dedicated the volume to Napoleon, hoping that this account of his triumphs among the Indians would earn him an important post in the Louisiana territory. The author tells about his exciting and difficult life among the Indians, their ceremonies customs and personal habits. He details the use of war medicine, and the burial service for the Indian dead. 
The author tells about the frontier Georgians, whom he calls Crackeaurs, and makes fun of their backwoods ignorance. Milfort presents a brief but fascinating glimpse of Indian relations with the Americans, British and French during the Revolution. An introduction by Ben C. McCary, Professor of Modern Languages, Emeritus, at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, sets the scene. 

By General Louis Le Clerc Milfort

Page Count: 254

6x9 Hardcover

Originally Issued 1802, First Printing 1965, Reprinted 2024

ISBN: 978-1-68593-222-0