CONTENTS

[PART FIRST]
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Facts of the Earlier Days[1]
Origin of Troubles[6]
Efforts at Indian Removal[11]
The Massacre of General Thompson and of Dade’s Forces[15]
A Dishonored Treaty[19]
As-se-ho-lar, The Rising Sun, or Osceola[21]
Osceola’s Capture[26]
The Hidden War Camp[30]
Wild Cat and General Worth[33]
Indian Warfare[38]
“Dat Seminole Treaty Dinner”[41]
[PART SECOND]
The Present Condition and Attitude of the Seminoles[53]
National Indian Association, Its Work, and Its Results, Episcopal Mission[65]
The Friends of the Florida Seminoles[68]
Our Duty to These Wards of the Nation[76]
Chieftain Tallahassee[79]
Increasing[84]
Appearance and Dress[87]
Independence and Honor[90]
The Seminole’s Unwritten Verdict of the White Race[93]
Endurance and Feasts[95]
The Hunting Dance[100]
Slavery[106]
Hannah[107]
Unwritten Laws[108]
Gens and Marriage[114]
Beauty and Music[116]
Relationship to the Aztecs and Eastern Tribes[118]
Seminoles at Home—The Everglades[126]
Alligator Hunting[139]
Bear Hunting with the Seminoles[142]
Captain Tom Tiger (Mic-co-Tus-te-nug-ge)[148]
Nancy Osceola[154]
Billy Bowlegs[155]
Religion[162]
Brought Back[168]
Mounds[169]
Picture Writing[171]
Medicine[172]
Abiding Words of Beauty[174]
Conclusion[179]
[SUPPLEMENT]
The Least Known Wilderness of America[185]
The Land of the Seminole[187]
Crossing the Everglades by Aeroplane[190]
Everglade Geyser[192]
Seminole History Reviewed[194]
The 1917 Land Bill[199]
A Visit to a Seminole Camp[204]
Visitors from the Everglades[207]
Stem-o-la-kee[214]
Home and Religion[223]
Seminole Incidents[224]
Messages from the Everglades[227]
Seminoles First Suffragists[229]
Osceola—the Garibaldi of the Seminoles[231]
Shall Osceola’s Bones Be Removed?[234]
A Bronze Statue in the Everglades[236]
The Pocahontas of Florida[242]
[VOCABULARY]
Introduction to Vocabulary[253]
Words Regarding Persons[255]
Parts of the Body[256]
Dress and Ornaments[258]
Dwellings, Implements, etc.[260]
Food[264]
Colors[265]
Numerals[265]
Divisions of Time[266]
Animals, Parts of Body, etc.[268]
Birds[269]
Fish and Reptiles[270]
Insects[271]
Plants[272]
The Firmament, Physical Phenomena, etc.[273]
Kinship[274]
Verbs, Phrases, Sentences[274]
Indian Names of Some Present Seminoles[279]
Rhythmical Names of Some Florida Rivers and Towns[280]