A SEMINOLE INDIAN
(Photo. by the Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.)
Lomaland Photo. and Engraving Dept.
A FAMILY GROUP OF SEMINOLE INDIANS
AN UNKNOWN AMERICAN NATION: by H. S. Turner
BUT few people know that living within the precincts of this country, there is a nation, independent and virtually free from dominance of the United States Government, or of any of its States. Its history is a singular one and is practically unknown. Even our school histories have but little to say about it; so that the impression left on the minds of casual readers is that this nation long ago ceased to exist, as a body of people.
Far down in the southern part of the peninsula of Florida, this nation has its center; its rulers, laws, and government. It has no written treaties with foreign governments—for such is the United States considered by them—yet there is an unwritten treaty accepted by both, which to their common credit has never been broken. This treaty, or agreement as it should be called, stipulates that each nation shall go its own way and not interfere with the other.