William Weatherford

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William Weatherford
Creek Leader of the Red Sticks
Personal details
Born	1765 or 1780 Koasati village
Died	March 24, 1824 Monroe County, Alabama
Nickname	Red Eagle
Military service
Battles/wars	Creek War Fort Mims massacre Battle of Talladega Battle of Holy Ground Battle of Calebee Creek

William Weatherford, also known after his death as Red Eagle (c. 1765 – March 24, 1824), was a Creek chief of the Upper Creek towns who led many of the Red Sticks actions in the Creek War (1813–1814) against Lower Creek towns and against allied forces of the United States.

One of many mixed-race descendants of Southeast Indians who intermarried with European traders and later colonial settlers, William Weatherford was of mixed Creek, French, and Scots ancestry. He was raised as a Creek in the matrilineal nation and achieved his power in it, through his mother's prominent Wind Clan (as well as his father's trading connections^{[not verified in body]}). After the war, he rebuilt his wealth as a slaveholding planter in lower Monroe County, Alabama.^{[not verified in body]}