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The Seminoles of Florida

by Minnie Moore-Willson

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  1. 1Foreword
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Part First — Facts of Earlier Days
  4. 4Origin of Troubles
  5. 5Efforts at Indian Removal
  6. 6The Massacre of General Thompson and of Dade’s Forces
  7. 7A Dishonored Treaty
  8. 8As-Se-He-Ho-Lar, the Rising Sun, or Osceola
  9. 9Osceola’s Capture
  10. 10The Hidden War Camp
  11. 11Wild Cat and General Worth
  12. 12Indian Warfare
  13. 13Interlude — ‘Dat Seminole Treaty Dinner’
  14. 14Part Second — The Present Condition and Attitude of the Seminoles
  15. 15National Indian Association — Its Work and Its Results
  16. 16The Friends of the Florida Seminoles
  17. 17Our Duty to These Wards of the Nation
  18. 18Chief Tallahassee
  19. 19Increasing
  20. 20Appearance and Dress
  21. 21Independence and Honor
  22. 22The Seminole’s Unwritten Verdict of the White Race
  23. 23Endurance and Feasts
  24. 24The Hunting Dance
  25. 25Slavery
  26. 26Hannah, the Last Living Slave of the Seminole Indians
  27. 27Unwritten Laws
  28. 28Gens and Marriage
  29. 29Beauty and Music
  30. 30Relationship to the Aztecs and Eastern Tribes — “Yah-vey, Yah-vey”
  31. 31Seminoles at Home — The Everglades
  32. 32Alligator Hunting
  33. 33Bear Hunting With the Seminoles
  34. 34Chief Tom Tiger (Mic-Co Tustenuggee)
  35. 35Nancy Osceola
  36. 36Billy Bowlegs (Cho-Fee-Hat-Cho)
  37. 37Religion
  38. 38Brought Back
  39. 39Mounds
  40. 40Picture Writing
  41. 41Medicine
  42. 42Florida’s Abiding Words of Beauty the Heritage of the Aboriginal Pa…
  43. 43The Seminole’s Recessional
  44. 44Supplement — The Least Known Wilderness of America
  45. 45The Land of the Seminole
  46. 46Crossing the Everglades by Aeroplane
  47. 47Everglade Geyser
  48. 48Seminole History Reviewed
  49. 49The 1917 Land Bill
  50. 50A Visit to a Seminole Camp
  51. 51Visitors From the Everglades
  52. 52Stem-o-la-Kee
  53. 53Home and Religion
  54. 54Seminole Incidents
  55. 55Messages From the Everglades
  56. 56Seminoles First Suffragists
  57. 57Osceola, the Garibaldi of the Seminoles
  58. 58Shall Osceola’s Bones Be Removed?
  59. 59A Bronze Statue in the Everglades
  60. 60The Pocahontas of Florida — U-le-Lah, the Princess of Hirrihigua
  61. 61Vocabulary
  62. 62Vocabulary
  63. 63Rhythmical Names of Some Florida Lakes, Rivers and Towns

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