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  2. Battle of the Caloosahatchee - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Army encampment near the Caloosahatchee trading post was left unguarded at the time of the battle. Shortly before the Seminole attack, Harney traveled to Sanibel Island to hunt for wild hogs. During Harney's absence, the man in charge of the camp was Sergeant John Bigelow, who neglected his duty to post guards around the camp.

  3. Seminole Tribe of Florida - Wikipedia

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    In 1956, Betty Mae Tiger Jumper (later to be elected as chairwoman of the tribe) and Alice Osceola established the first tribal newspaper, the Seminole News, which sold for 10 cents a copy. It was dropped after a while, but in 1972 the Alligator Times was established. [54] In 1982, it was renamed the Seminole Tribune, as it continues today ...

  4. Seminole - Wikipedia

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    In a process of ethnogenesis, they constructed a new culture which they called "Seminole", a derivative of the Mvskoke' (a Creek language) word simano-li, an adaptation of the Spanish cimarrón which means "wild" (in their case, "wild men"), or "runaway" [men]. [16] The Seminole were a heterogeneous tribe made up of mostly Lower Creeks from ...

  5. Battles of the Loxahatchee - Wikipedia

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    The Seminoles in the Loxahatchee area in January 1838 were the same group of Seminoles who had just fought at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee a month earlier. Seminole historian Billy Bowlegs III stated that Chief Abiaka led this Seminole group after the battle to the coast of Palm Beach County in order to loot shipwrecks for valuable supplies of gunpowder, clothing, and food.

  6. Osceola - Wikipedia

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    Osceola, Häuptling der Seminole-Indianer (1963) by Ernie Hearting, is a German novel featuring Osceola and based on historical sources. In the alternate history novel The Probability Broach (1979), part of the North American Confederacy Series by L. Neil Smith , the United States becomes a Libertarian State after a successful Whiskey Rebellion ...

  7. Murder of Mike Williams - Wikipedia

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    Jerry Michael "Mike" Williams (October 16, 1969 [2] – December 16, 2000) was an American murder victim. Williams was initially presumed to have drowned on a 2000 hunting trip to Lake Seminole, a large reservoir straddling the Georgia-Florida state line; his mother always suspected he had been the victim of foul play, possibly at another location. [3]

  8. Battle of Lake Okeechobee - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Lake Okeechobee was one of the major battles of the Seminole Wars.It was fought between 1,000 U.S. Army troops of the 1st, 4th, and 6th Infantry Regiments and 132 Missouri Volunteers under the command of Colonel Zachary Taylor, and about 400 Seminole warriors led by chiefs Abiaka, Billy Bowlegs, and Wild Cat on 25 December 1837.

  9. Ee-mat-la - Wikipedia

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    Ee-mat-la. Ee-mat-la, also known as King Phillip, (9 October 1739 - 8 October 1839) was a Seminole chief during the Second Seminole War.. He was captured while camped at Dunlawton plantation, [1] and held at Fort Marion.