Emperor Brim

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Emperor Brim, also known as Hoboyetly, (died 1733)[1] was a Muscogee mico of Coweta who rose to power through a series of shifting alliances with France, England, and Spain.

His two sons, and , both later served as leading Cowetas, but it was , a maternal relation of Emperor Brim (perhaps a nephew), who succeeded him as mico in accordance with the Creek custom of matrilineality.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Stock, Melissa A. (10 February 2009). "Emperor Brim". Encyclopedia of Alabama.
  2. ^ Braund, Kathryn E. Holland (1 November 2008). Deerskins and Duffels: The Creek Indian Trade with Anglo-America, 1685-1815 (2nd ed.). University of Nebraska Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0803218567.

Harris, Walter A. Emperor Brim: The Greatest American Indian (J.W. Burke Company: 1956).


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