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There were four leading chiefs of the Seminole, a Native American tribe that formed in what was then Spanish Florida in the present-day United States.They were leaders between the time the tribe organized in the mid-18th century until Micanopy and many Seminole were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s following the Second Seminole War.
War Chief of the Seminoles (1954), a children's book by May McNeer, is part of the Landmark Books series. Osceola, Häuptling der Seminole-Indianer (1963) by Ernie Hearting, is a German novel featuring Osceola and based on historical sources.
Micanopy, principal chief from 1825, through the Second Seminole War, until his death in 1849 in Indian Territory. Osceola, born William Powell Jr., war chief during the Seminole Wars; Jim Shore, first Florida Seminole to become a lawyer, now General Counsel of the Tribe, [44] took a major role in land claims negotiations in the late 20th ...
They were led by a dynasty of chiefs of the Alachua chiefdom, founded in eastern Florida in the 18th century by Cowkeeper. Beginning in 1825, Micanopy was the principal chief of the unified Seminole, until his death in 1849, after removal to Indian Territory. [21]
A group of Seminole chiefs eventually agreed to the Treaty of Payne's Landing in 1832; on May 9, 1832, they ceded more Seminole lands in exchange for a reservation in the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). While working to negotiate a peaceful resolution between the Seminole and local authorities, Micanopy refused to sign the treaty.
Holata Micco (a Muscogee name translated as Alligator Chief, also spelled Halpatter-Micco, Halbutta Micco, Halpuda Mikko; known in English as Chief Billy Bowlegs or Billy Bolek; c. 1810 – 1859) [1] [2] was a leader of the Seminoles in Florida during the Second Seminole War and was the remaining Seminole's most prominent chief during the Third Seminole War, when he led the Seminoles' last ...
Pages in category "Chiefs of the Seminole" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
("Ahaya" is a rare Seminole name.) [1] Boyd and Harris also state that the leader of the Alachua Seminoles was known to the English as "Ahaya" or "Cowkeeper". [ 2 ] Some sources state that the Oconees moved to Florida under a chief named "Secoffee", and that it was Secoffee who was called "Cowkeeper".