Part of the John Melish map of 1814, covering the seat of war between the Creek Indians and the Americans in 1813–14 (Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology, 1922)

Charley (fl.February–April 1814) was a Native American baby or child given by Tuskena Hutka of Talladega,[1] also known as James Fife, a White Stick Creek interpreter and member of the Creek National Council,[2][3]:80 to Andrew Jackson during the Red Stick War.[4]:59–60 Jackson wrote home on February 21, 1814, from Fort Strother:

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Lyncoya (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  3. 1 2 Cheathem, Mark R. (2014). Andrew Jackson, Southerner. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-5099-3. LCCN 2012049695. OCLC 858995561. Project MUSE book 26506.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Snyder, Christina (2017). "Andrew Jackson's Indian Son: Native Captives and American Empire". In Garrison, Tim Alan; O'Brien, Greg (eds.). The Native South: New Histories and Enduring Legacies. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 84–106. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1q1xq7h.9. ISBN 978-0-8032-9690-9. JSTOR j.ctt1q1xq7h.9.
  5. 1 2 Various; Jackson, Andrew (1984). Moser, Harold D.; MacPherson, Sharon (eds.). The Papers of Andrew Jackson, Volume II, 1804–1813. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-0-87049-441-3. LCCN 79015078. OCLC 5029597. Free access icon
  6. 1 2 3 Meredith, Rachel. (May 2013). "There Was Somebody Always Dying and Leaving Jackson as Guardian": The Wards of Andrew Jackson (M.A. History thesis). Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Middle Tennessee State University. ProQuest 1538368.
  7. Gismondi, Melissa (2017-06-12). Rachel Jackson and the Search for Zion, 1760s–1830s (Ph.D. History thesis). University of Virginia. doi:10.18130/v3q364.