SEM-I-NÓ-LEE (RUNAWAY); 3000.
Occupying the peninsula of Florida; semi-civilized, partly agricultural. The Government have succeeded in removing about one-half of them to the Arkansas, during the last four years, at the expense of 32,000,000 dollars, the lives of 28 or 30 officers, and 600 soldiers.
300. Mick-e-no-páh, ——; first Chief of the tribe; full-length, sitting cross-legged.
This man owned 100 negroes when the war broke out, and was raising large and valuable crops of corn and cotton.
301. Os-ce-o-lá, the Black Drink; a warrior of very great distinction.
Painted only five days before his death, while he was a prisoner of war at Fort Moultrie. This remarkable man, though not a chief, took the lead in the war, and was evidently (at the time he was captured) followed by the chiefs, and looked upon as the master-spirit of the war.
302. Ee-mat-lá, King Philip; an old man, second Chief.
Like Osceola, he died while a prisoner, soon after I painted him.