Little Prince or Tastanaki Hopayi,
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Biography

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who was at the time defending the city against American forces. After Tate died en route to the city, most of the Upper Creek with the exception of

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chieftain Efa Tustenuggee returned to their villages while Little Prince and his 250 warriors continued on to Augusta. Arriving in time to take part in the

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, Little Prince led an attack to break the siege by Colonel

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suffering 70 casualties as a result. Following the American retreat, a number of American prisoners were handed over to the Creek and tortured before their execution most notably the garrison commanding officers Brown and Grierson. How much control Little Prince had over his warriors at this point is disputed among historians however his ally Efa Tustenuggee was said by General Thomas S. Woodward to be ''"the most hostile and bitter enemy the white people ever had"''. He was a later signatory of the

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in 1796, thereafter a supporter of peaceful relations with the United States government, although he would take part in the

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in 1813. He and seven other chieftains were involved in the execution of Little Warrior during the spring of 1813, however he would retain his position of the lower Creek until his death in 1832. Little Prince operated a tavern along the Federal Road in Creek Stand, Alabama.

References

*Owen, Thomas McAdory. ''History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. II''. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1921. {{DEFAULTSORT:Little Prince (chief) Native American people of the Indian Wars Chiefs of the Muscogee 18th-century births 1832 deaths Year of birth unknown 18th-century Native American leaders