The North Wall and Loom House

The North Wall and Loom House. . , On the north side of the stockade, a projection called the "bastion" was adjacent to a building known as the loom house - a building housing looms for weaving cloth. , Here the local Tensaw militia, led by Captain Dixon Bailey, held out until the end of the battle. Many of the Tensaw militia were Creek warriors who did not agree with the Red Stick Creek warriors. , Thomas Holms, the Missisippi Teritorial Volunteer militia assistant surgeon, chopped a hole in the stockade wall, allowing some survivors to escape into the woods north of the fort. , Dixon Bailey was the son of an English trader and a Creek woman. He and his family had been advocates for Creek assimilation, which put them in opposition to the beliefs of the Redstick faction. As a result, he and the others of European and Creek heritage found themselves facing their Creek kin in battle. , Captions: , Middle: , Artifacts recovered on this site during archaeological investigations. Left: an axe bearing the pecked initials "ZM" for Zachariah McGirth. Right: a decorated brass button used to fasten clothing. , Source: Alabama Historical Commission, Top right: , Left: A weaving loom, one of the machines that revolutionized manufacturing in the late 1700s. Making cloth from raw fiber such as cotton or wool was done by hand. Fabrication loom pictured. , Source: pixy.org, Below: The loom house at Fort Mims may have been similar to the one pictured below. , Source: The Loom House at the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee