Milly Francis: The Life & Times of the Creek Pocahontas

by Dale Cox, Savannah Brininstool (Editor)

Milly Francis is the true story of the first woman to receive a special medal of honor from the U.S. Congress. Born in the Creek Nation of Alabama in around 1803, Milly was a first hand witness to the rise and fall of her father's religious movement and the Creek War of 1813-1814. By the time she was 15 years old, she had survived three wars and a desperate flight for survival to Spanish Florida. It was at that age that she saved the life of an American soldier named Duncan McCrimmon, a man who had come to Florida with Andrew Jackson's army to make war on her people during the First Seminole War of 1817-1818. Her act of mercy stunned a grateful nation and sparked a reconsideration of America's attitudes toward its original inhabitants, a process that continues to this day. In Milly Francis, Dale Cox has captured the story of a person, a time and a people. The story he weaves is touching, tragic, heroic and real. It follows the travels of Milly and her family from Alabama to Florida, back to Alabama and then on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma.

Genres: Native Americans

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 27, 2013

Reviews

[Tracie Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent story of a heroine for the ages