Second Seminole War

(“Impact”). The government’s attack on Native Americans was terrible because of false laws created, rebellious wars fought, and marches that resulted in disease, death, and despair. Andrew Jackson had always been an advocate for Native American removal. While he was in the army he fought a war against Native Americans resisting to surrender their land. In 1814 Andrew Jackson commanded military forces to defeat…

However, in 1835 the Seminoles rejected the terms of this treaty. As a consequence of this conflict between Indians and whites pertaining to the ownership of land in east Florida, the Second Seminole War began. During this war, several treaties had been made but the Seminole chiefs deemed them as unfair. Due to the war, Major Benjamin Putnam and his troops, who called themselves “Mosquito Roarers”, occupied Bulow Plantation. As they arrived on Bulows property, he fired a small canon at them due…

(1763-1783), continuing throughout the second Spanish occupation (1783-1821), and unto the American occupation (1821), Creeks and many other southeastern Indian tribes, driven out of their homelands including escaping wars and colonial expansion, migrated to Florida. Although many other Indian tribes previously inhabited the peninsula, European diseases and wars devastated Florida’s Native population. Those few who survived: Timucua, Apalachee, Oconee, and Yuchi, among others, for the most…

of compensation. These disagreements would culminate in Florida in the 19th century with three Seminole wars which pitted the local native Seminoles versus the ever expanding United States government. Historian Joe Ketch studied the intricacies of the three wars and the events leading up to the conflicts in his book titled “The Florida Seminole…

they got to where they are today. The part of the exhibit that told the story of their removal to Indian lands was the most interesting to me. Instead of plaques that you could read, it was designed to evoke emotion. The statues that were used were plain and there were no real faces, but the sounds and the stories that were spoken showed the pain and hardship of the removal. Overall, the museum was thorough and informative of the Chickasaw’s history. After the museum, I ventured onto the sky…

The Green Corn Ceremony is an important Native American gathering. This passage will pertain solely to the Floridian Seminole ideas with some mention of Oklahoma Seminoles. Each tribe has their own rituals and traditions but are fairly all connected. To the Seminoles, the Green Corn Ceremony represents the first corn of July or August. Therefore, the special event is held every year to celebrate the growing season and a new year or new beginnings. The ceremony also depicts the community’s social…

also known as Creek, are descendents from what anthropologists refer to as Missippian culture that, before 1500 AD, spanned all the region known today as the Southeastern United States (CITE). Early ancestors of the Mvskoke constructed magnificent pyramids along the rivers of this region as part of their ceremonial and social networks. The Mvskoke later built expansive towns within these same broad river valleys in the present states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. Gratitude for…

the United States, the Seminole Indians are one of the most notable tribes to ever exist. They first originated in North Florida and then even moved south to the area around the Everglades. Proof that this tribe was dominant is the fact that it still exists today. While land expansion continued in the Early America days, the Native Americans were commonly forcefully removed out of their land. However, the Seminoles refused to surrender to the United States and they were not driven out of…

First Seminole War happened in the years of 1817 to 1818 between the United States and the Seminoles of Florida. The first Seminole War was a punitive journey led by Andrew Jackson into the La Florida, which was a Spanish colony in 1818. Many are under the impression that the United States were responsible for the cause of the war and everything that happened in the war, when in fact both sides were responsible for the war, and both were equally to blame for the consequences of the war. The…

worked as a domestic servant for Doctor Sierra, a Spanish physician. Abraham joined the British army during the War of 1812 because the British commanders promised freedom to slaves who joined them in fighting the Americans. Shortly thereafter, during the period that Florida was under nominal Spanish rule, the Americans attacked. Abraham fled from General Andrew Jackson’s military advances and helped build the Negro Fort (1816) on the Apalachicola River. The Fort became a haven for African…