e who camp at distances." It is equal to the American word "frontiersman." The Seminole were a tribe that broke off from the Creek civilization of Georgia. The Seminole were from the southeast region of the United States. The tribe lived in houses called chickees (see drawing one)When white people came to colonize, as time went on, they referred to the Seminole tribe aspart of the "Five Civilized Tribes." The other four tribes were the Choctaws, the Chickasaws, the Creek, and the Cherokee. The tribes got this name because of the way they adapted to the white man ways so quickly.Now we fast forward in time to a later date after the American Revolution. The year is1817, the Americans had crossed the Georgia-Florida border into the Spanish territory of Florida. They came to arrest a Seminole chief. Warfare broke out and Andrew Jackson invaded the Spanish Florida. He raided and burned down Seminole villages. The United States ordered Spain to assist in the arrest of the chief or cede the Florida territory to the United States. In 1819 the Spanish cedeFlorida to the United States. Andrew Jackson and the Seminole signed a treaty signing lands in northern Florida over to the United States.Soon a young Seminole would stand up for his tribe, Osceola, a patriot took over at chiefwith Billy Bowlegs. He was another chief at the time fighting for the Seminole. Osceolas name means black drink singer. He would fight in the Second Seminole War in the 1830s. He would use guerilla tactics against the United States army. Osceola would defeat Andrew Jackson in the swamps for many years before his capture. In 1835 after several disastrous defeats Andrew Jackson used dishonorable tactics to capture Osceola. He raised the white flag at a Fort in northern Florida. Osceola knowing this was a surrender came out of the swamps to claim victory. When the Seminole warriors arrived in the fort the United States raised their weapons and captured Osceola. Jackson trie...
