Seminole

The Evolution of Billie Wind Billie Wind is a fifteen-year-old girl that is punished and sent away to the Everglades for not having faith in her tribe’s legends. Billie is in the Seminole tribe, and she is known to be a doubter of the legends her tribe has faith in. “But we agree that you should be punished for being a doubter” (3).The legends that Billie does not believe in are the Calusa tribe and the serpent. The Calusa tribe are tiny people that live under the railroad. The serpent is a giant

“…I saw the helpless Cherokees arrested and dragged from their homes, and driven at the bayonet point into the stockades. And in the chill of a drizzling rain on an October morning I saw them loaded like cattle or sheep into six hundred and forty-five wagons and started toward the west…” Private John G. Burnett remembered on December 11, 1890, his eightieth birthday. Private Burnett recalled the cold fall morning in 1938 when he accompanied his new Cherokee family on their forced relocation from

The Louisiana purchase was one of the biggest opportunities for America, it gave the country an extremely high amount of land for a very low price. However they had a few problems, all the land could not be explored all in one year, people had lives in the east that they did not want to drop and move west, and Native American tribes were already living in these territories. With this land being held by the Native Americans President Andrew Jackson was not happy. He was previously known as a primary

List of Top 4 Suspects There were many individuals during Jackson’s era that would have wanted this national icon dead. Jackson wronged many individuals and his views were not always accepted by all. Many of the policies that he implemented sparked chaos over his country and he simply refused to change them, which caused people to have a strong animosity towards him. Here are the top 4 potential suspects that could have kidnapped President Jackson. One of Jackson’s main choices as a

The five tribes are known as the Five Civilized Tribes. The five tribes are the Cherokee Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Creek Indians, and Seminole Indians. These five tribes weren’t apart of the original allotment act (Calloway 423). This act was giving land to the nations in continual effort to “civilize” the Indians. All five of the tribes renovated their financial, teaching, and administrative design after the removal procedure, and were workable as self-ruling government (Calloway

the Indian tribes for their removal from the southern United States to move to an area west of the Mississippi river. This act resulted with the removal of 5 major Indian tribes; the tribes affected were Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole. These tribes were forced to move from their native lands to areas owned by federal government west of the Mississippi River many of these natives experienced harsh treatment and conditions on the way to their new territory. The conditions were so

went without problems, the Seminole Indians did not. The Seminole tribe, which was originated in the Everglades area in Florida, did not want to leave, they stayed in their home and fought for their land. In 1835, after the Indian Removal Act was passed, the Seminoles started the Second Seminole War with the United States army. The battle went on until 1842 and ended with only a couple of hundred of Seminoles left. At this time the United States army said the Seminoles could stay. So even though

of Tears was a trail often used by Native Americans on their way of escaping the white settlers during the Indian Removal Act. The group of tribes were called the Five Civilized Tribes. It consisted of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations. The tribes lived on land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida. The land of the tribes were rich in value. The discovery of gold made the white settlers want the land of the Natives, which was found near Dahlonega, Georgia

west of the Mississippi. The “Five Civilized Tribes,” that included the Seminoles, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and the Cherokees. All these tribes went voluntarily except for the Cherokee. The Seminole Indians originated in Florida, and after the Indian Removal Act was passed, their town was attacked and driven out into the nearby swaps, where they stayed for six years being hunted down. Throughout those years Seminoles were captured, imprisoned and taken to the new Indian Territory. Then in

The first half of the Peach Bowl was a defensive duel, and Houston Football shut down Florida State. The 3rd Ward defense made Dalvin Cook a total nonfactor, and other than two long passes to start off a couple of drives the QB play of the Seminoles was another nonfactor. The starting QB for Florida State, Sean Maguire was injured his left ankle early in the first quarter trying find an open receiver as he rolled out and took a big hit. Backup QB J.J. Cosentino had to come in, and was not ready.