The excitement was intense.

The nation of Creek Indians was a very powerful one, and in intelligence and military skill far in advance of most of the Indian tribes.

Mr.Crockett was one of the first to volunteer to form a company to serve for sixty days, under Captain Jones, who subsequently was a member of Congress from Tennessee.

In a week the whole company was organized, and commenced its march to join others for the invasion of the Creek country.

It was thought that by carrying the war directly into the Indian towns, their warriors might be detained at home to protect their wives and children, and could thus be prevented from carrying desolation into the settlements of the whites.
In the mean time David Crockett revisited his humble home, where his good but anxious and afflicted wife fitted him out as well as she could for the campaign.