Friday 17 August 2012

Davy Crockett leads an assault on a Creek Indian encampment

It's Davy Crockett's birthday today so that's an excuse to revisit Crockett's life as a scout in the Creek war.Wiki on the man
Creek war wiki

Clip from the Disneyland TV series (1954--1990) "Davy Crockett -- Indian Fighter" (1954; 60 min) (1st of 5 features). Davy is scouting for General Andrew Jackson and has to tackle Chief Red Stick and his renegade warriors.

1 comment:

  1. A fascinating clip and somewhat of its time. How much further we've moved on thankfully!

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