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Crazy Snake Rebellion | |||||||
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Part of the American Indian Wars | |||||||
Crazy Snake rebels in 1909 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Creek rebels | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Charles N. Haskell | Chitto Harjo | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 killed |
1 killed 1 wounded 42 captured |
The Crazy Snake Rebellion, also known as the Smoked Meat Rebellion or Crazy Snake's War,[1] was an incident in 1909 that at times was viewed as a war between the Creek people and American settlers. It should not be confused with an earlier, bloodless, conflict in 1901 involving many of the same people.[2] The conflict consisted of only two minor skirmishes, the first of which was actually a struggle between a group of marginalized African Americans and a posse formed to punish the alleged robbery of a piece of smoked meat.