USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Seminoles of Florida call themselves the “Unconquered People, ” descendants of just 300 Indians who managed to elude capture by the U.S. army in the 19th century. Today, more than 2, 000 live on six reservations in the state-located in Hollywood, Big Cypress, Brighton, Immokalee, Ft.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Seminole Tribe primarily came from the Creek Indians who had moved into Florida from southern Georgia and Alabama.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Second Seminole War (1835-1842), usually referred to as the Seminole War proper, was the fiercest war waged by the U.S. government against American Indians. The United States spent more than $20 million fighting the Seminoles.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United States forcibly removed about 4, 400 individuals from the Seminole Nation to Indian Territory in the 1800s, but 300–500 managed to stay in Florida. Today their descendants belong to two federally recognized nations: the Seminole Nation of Florida and the Miccosukee Nation of Florida.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most removed as a result of the Treaty of Payne’s Landing (1832). The first group of migrants, under the leadership of Chief Holahte Emathla, arrived in present Oklahoma in 1836. By 1839 most of the Seminole had been relocated west.