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Creek

(Encyclopedia) Creek, Native North American confederacy. The peoples forming it were mostly of the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The Creek…

At

(Encyclopedia) At, symbol for the element astatine.

Sand Creek

(Encyclopedia) Sand Creek, Colorado, site of a massacre (1864) of Cheyenne by Col. John M. Chivington and his Colorado Volunteers. The Cheyennes, led by Black Kettle, had offered to make peace and,…

Battle Creek

(Encyclopedia) Battle Creek, city (2020 pop. 52,721), Calhoun co., S Mich., at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers; settled 1831,…

Porter, Katherine Anne

(Encyclopedia) Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890–1980, American author, b. Indian Creek, Tex., as Callie Russell Porter. Although she published infrequently, she is regarded as a master of the short story…

McGillivray, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) McGillivray, AlexanderMcGillivray, Alexanderməgĭlˈĭvrā [key], 1759–93, Native American chief. He was born in the Creek country now within the borders of the state of Alabama, the son…

Chelsea, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Chelsea, city (2020 pop. 40,787), Suffolk co., E Mass., an industrial suburb of Boston; settled 1624, inc. as a town 1739, as a city…

McIntosh, William

(Encyclopedia) McIntosh, WilliamMcIntosh, Williammăkˈəntŏshˌ [key], c.1775–1825, Native American chief, b. in the Creek country now within the limits of Carroll co., Ga.; son of a British army…

Brandywine, battle of

(Encyclopedia) Brandywine, battle of, in the American Revolution, fought Sept. 11, 1777, along Brandywine Creek. The creek, formed by two small branches in SE Pennsylvania, flows southeast to join,…

Conversion Factors

Below are instructions for converting factors, including changing acres to hectares, Btu/hour to horsepower, centimeters to inches, degrees to radians, feet to miles, furlongs to feet, liters to…