杰克森在1814年8月9日签署杰克森堡条约 (Treat of Fort Jackson)

你知道照片里的人是谁吗？美国总统安德鲁．杰克森的肖像就被印在20块钱的纸钞上，但是在军队里，大家都知道他是杰克森少将。美国原住民称他为「长刀」 (Long Knife) ，之所以有这个外号，是因为他在1814年的克里克战争 (Creek War) 中残酷无情的杀害印第安人。

这场战争发生在1813年的8月。一个属于克里克印第安人的团体「红棍」 (Red Sticks) 攻击了驻扎在阿拉巴马州天梭湖 (Lake Tensaw) 畔的533位美国移民。在独立革命期间，边疆移民与克里克族之间的紧张关系就慢慢的在酝酿之中。这次是因为移民者的贪婪，才会引来攻击。


Do you recognize the man in the photograph? President Andrew Jackson is on the $20 bill, but the military knew him as Major General Jackson. The Native Americans called him Long Knife. Jackson earned his nickname and his reputation as a ruthless Indian fighter during the Creek War of 1814.

The war began in August 1813, when the Red Sticks, a group of the Creek Indians, attacked 553 American settlers at Lake Tensaw, Alabama. Tensions between the frontier settlers and the Creeks had been brewing since the Revolutionary War era. It was the settlers' greed that brought on the attack.

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