The Seminoles of Florida
Photograph by E. W. Histed.
HOKE-TI-CHEE. LITTLE GIRL WITH THE BRIGHT EYES
THE SEMINOLES
FLORIDA
MINNIE MOORE-WILLSON
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY 1920
Copyright 1896, 1910 and 1920 by MINNIE MOORE-WILLSON
Printed in the United States of America
MEMORIAL TRIBUTE
MRS. ELIZABETH STAUFFER-MOORE
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HER PHILANTHROPIC INTEREST IN A BRAVE AND HEROIC REMNANT OF THE ABORIGINAL AMERICANS, THE SEMINOLES OF FLORIDA, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
Minnie Moore-Willson
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THE SEMINOLES OF FLORIDA
FOREWORD
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PART FIRST
Facts of Earlier Days
ORIGIN OF TROUBLES.
EFFORTS AT INDIAN REMOVAL.
A DISHONORED TREATY.
AS-SE-HE-HO-LAR, THE RISING SUN, OR OSCEOLA.
OSCEOLA’S CAPTURE.
THE HIDDEN WAR CAMP.
WILD CAT AND GENERAL WORTH.
INDIAN WARFARE.
PART SECOND
The Present Condition and Attitude of the Seminoles
THE FRIENDS OF THE FLORIDA SEMINOLES.
OUR DUTY TO THESE WARDS OF THE NATION.
CHIEF TALLAHASSEE.
INCREASING.
APPEARANCE AND DRESS.
INDEPENDENCE AND HONOR.
THE SEMINOLE’S UNWRITTEN VERDICT OF THE WHITE RACE.
ENDURANCE AND FEASTS.
THE HUNTING DANCE.
SLAVERY.
HANNAH, THE LAST LIVING SLAVE OF THE SEMINOLE INDIANS.
UNWRITTEN LAWS.
GENS AND MARRIAGE.
BEAUTY AND MUSIC.
ALLIGATOR HUNTING.
BEAR HUNTING WITH THE SEMINOLES.
CHIEF TOM TIGER (MIC-CO TUSTENUGGEE).
NANCY OSCEOLA.
BILLY BOWLEGS (CHO-FEE-HAT-CHO).
RELIGION.
BROUGHT BACK.
MOUNDS.
PICTURE WRITING.
MEDICINE.
THE SEMINOLE’S RECESSIONAL.
SUPPLEMENT
THE LEAST KNOWN WILDERNESS OF AMERICA
THE LAND OF THE SEMINOLE
CROSSING THE EVERGLADES BY AEROPLANE
EVERGLADE GEYSER
SEMINOLE HISTORY REVIEWED
THE 1917 LAND BILL.
A VISIT TO A SEMINOLE CAMP.
VISITORS FROM THE EVERGLADES.
STEM-O-LA-KEE.
HOME AND RELIGION.
SEMINOLE INCIDENTS.
MESSAGES FROM THE EVERGLADES.
SEMINOLES FIRST SUFFRAGISTS.
OSCEOLA, THE GARIBALDI OF THE SEMINOLES
SHALL OSCEOLA’S BONES BE REMOVED?
A BRONZE STATUE IN THE EVERGLADES.
Vocabulary
