Peter McQueen (c. 1780 – 1820) (Creek, Muscogee) was a chief, prophet, trader and warrior from Talisi (Tallassee, among the Upper Towns in present-day Alabama.)
He was one of the young men known as Red Sticks, who became a prophet for expulsion of the European Americans from Creek territory and a revival of traditional practices.
The Red Sticks were defeated by Colonel Andrew Jackson with state militias, and Creek and Cherokee warriors at Horseshoe Bend in 1814.
Both cultures considered such marriages or unions as strategic alliances, as the traders brought goods of both practical use and prestige, and offered entry to European society.
The traditional lines of communication had been disrupted by Benjamin Hawkins, the US Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Southeast, who lived among the Creek.
McQueen became aligned with the Red Stick faction of the Upper Creek, who were trying to resist assimilation and to restore traditional culture and religion.
[2] Defeated by Jackson's forces during the First Seminole War in April 1818 at an engagement fought near the Econfina River, many surviving Red Stick warriors, including McQueen, retreated south into the Florida peninsula.