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Originally posted on 04/21/2018:

Plz tell me about your avatar. Very cool painting. Are u native American or a fan of a particular tribe? Just curious because the avatar is really cool and very unique.

Thanx, that is a rendering of William Weatherford a.k.a 'Red Eagle'. A Creek Indian warrior who had the wear
with all and the girth of being to battle the US army and Andrew jackson toe to toe until his quest for power
& glory was ended at Horseshoe Bend. And yes, Americans I would give $100 for a handshake and a brief chat:
Ted Williams, William Weatherford & Nathan Bedford Forest, though it would never happen there all gone!

William Weatherford, (Lum-Chate the Red Eagle) son of a Creek princess and a Scots trader who amassed
a fortune in land & money. Weatherford renounced his fathers wealth to seek his future with his mother's
people, and as Creek warchief lead them to astonishing victories against the government of the United States;
The most stunning indian success after Washington became the 1st president was the Weatherford led
Creek victory at Fort Mims. Even Andrew Jackson showered him with praise.

The Hon. N. H. Claiborne, in his Notes on the War written
while feelings of animosities were still fresh
against "Red Eagle, gives the following glowing, though by no
means partial sketch of his character: "Fortune bestowed on
Weatherford, genius, eloquence, and courage. The first of
these qualities enabled him to conceive great designs; the
last to execute them; while eloquence, bold, impressive, and figurative,
furnished him with a passport to the favor of his countrymen and followers.

Biographer J D Driesback, heard Judge Thomas Tunstall remark that
'He had never seen but two men that he could not look stright in the eye,
one of them was Danial Webster & the other was Weatherford the warrior'
who he said, had the eye of an 'eagle, & moved with the regal air of a king.'