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Why did Cherokee and Creek civilians take refuge in the Red River Valley after the Battle of Honey Springs? What was their flight called?

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Cherokee and Creek civilians take refuge in the Red River Valley after the Battle of Honey Springs is explained below in details.

Step-by-step explanation:

More pro-Confederate Cherokees escaped to the Red River Valley as these Union soldiers torched homes and attacked civilians as far south as Webbers Falls. Creek civilians and Pro-Confederate Cherokee realized that the Confederate loss and subsequent retreat south to the Canadian River left them betrayed and helpless.

Indian Territory civilians on both factions escaped their homes, forming a refugee problem not intercepted by Union or Confederate officials.

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