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Northwest made annual pilgrimages to Maiden, 

 the Canadian garrison town across the river from 

 Detroit, and there received the long-custom 

 ary gifts from the commander. The American 

 authorities in Michigan viewed this proceeding 

 with much anxiety and protested to Washington 

 against its continuance. It was firmly believed 

 by many in the United States, including so 

 hard-headed a personage as John Quincy Ad 

 ams, that the continued distribution of gifts to 

 the Indians was deliberately calculated to insure 

 the support of the savages in future hostilities. 

 In the southern part of the United States the 

 Creek Indians, during the war with Great 

 Britain, had, more or less under the inspiration 

 of Tecumseh, opened war of the usual kind on 

 the whites. The ruthless energy of Andrew 

 Jackson soon crushed the savages, many of 

 whom sought safety across the boundary in 

 Florida, where Spanish authority held feeble 

 sway. So feeble was this sway that a British 

 force had ventured to occupy Pensacola, the 

 capital of the province, as a base of operations 

 against the Americans. Jackson pursued his 

 Indian foes into Florida, and did not aban 

 don Spanish territory till he had captured Pen 

 sacola and driven the British force out of the 



