| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85119939 |
| Organization name | Seminole Indians |
| Org type | Indian group |
| Bio notes | A Muskogean-speaking tribe historically located in Florida. They primarily descended from Georgian and Alabaman Creek peoples who migrated in the early 18th century to escape the pressure of Upper Creek and colonists, and joined other tribes like the Yuchis, Yamasees, and the indigenous Choctaw. As Florida was Spanish territory at the time, tensions regarding slave runaways and land greed simmered along the Georgia border. These finally erupted in the First Seminole War (1817) with Andrew Jackson marching a body of troops across the border, after which Spain ceded Florida in the Adams-Onis Treaty (1819). In the 1823 Treaty of Camp Moultrie, the US guaranteed the Seminole a reservation in central and southern Florida, but after the Indian Removal Act in 1830 and more specifically the Treaty of Payne’s Landing (1832), this was revoked in favor of new territory east of the Mississippi. As a result, the Second Seminole War occurred in 1835, during which the Seminole employed devastating guerilla tactics against an unprepared US army and heavily taxed its resources. The Seminole war leader Osceola was captured in 1837 during parley, after which most Seminole begin moving to Oklahoma. |
| Citations | http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/seminole-history/ ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole |
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