Author: James Leitch Wright
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"" During Andrew Jackson's time the Creeks and Seminoles (Muscogulges) were the largest group of Indians living on the frontier. In Georgia, Alabama, and Florida they manifested a geographical and cultural, but not a political, cohesiveness. Ethnically and linguistically, they were highly diverse. This book is the first to locate them firmly in their full historical context.
Creeks & Seminoles
Author: James Leitch Wright
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"" During Andrew Jackson's time the Creeks and Seminoles (Muscogulges) were the largest group of Indians living on the frontier. In Georgia, Alabama, and Florida they manifested a geographical and cultural, but not a political, cohesiveness. Ethnically and linguistically, they were highly diverse. This book is the first to locate them firmly in their full historical context.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"" During Andrew Jackson's time the Creeks and Seminoles (Muscogulges) were the largest group of Indians living on the frontier. In Georgia, Alabama, and Florida they manifested a geographical and cultural, but not a political, cohesiveness. Ethnically and linguistically, they were highly diverse. This book is the first to locate them firmly in their full historical context.
Creeks & Seminoles
Author: James Leitch Wright (jr.)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780803247383
Category : Creek Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780803247383
Category : Creek Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Creeks and Seminoles
Author: J. Leitch Wright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780803197282
Category : Creek Indians
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780803197282
Category : Creek Indians
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In Bitterness and in Tears
Author: Sean Michael O'Brien
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The seldom-recalled Creek War of 1813-1814 and its extension, the First Seminole War of 1818, had significant consequences for the growth of the United States. Beginning as a civil war between Muscogee factions, the struggle escalated into a war between the Moscogees and the United States after insurgent Red Sticks massacred over 250 whites and mixed-bloods at Fort Mims on the Alabama River on August 30, 1813—the worst frontier massacre in U.S. history. After seven months of bloody fighting, U.S. forces inflicted a devastating defeat on the Red Sticks at Horseshoe Bend on the Tallapoosa River on March 27, 1814—the most disastrous defeat ever suffered by Native Americans. The defeat of the Muscogees (Creeks), the only serious impediments to U.S. westward expansion, opened millions of acres of land to the white settlers and firmly established the Cotton Kingdom and slavery in the Deep South. For southeastern Native Americans, the war resulted in the destruction of their civilization and forced removal west of the Mississippi: The Trail of Tears. O'Brien presents both the American and Native American perspectives of this important chapter of U.S. history. He also examines the roles of the neighboring tribes and African Americans who lived in the Muscogee nation.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The seldom-recalled Creek War of 1813-1814 and its extension, the First Seminole War of 1818, had significant consequences for the growth of the United States. Beginning as a civil war between Muscogee factions, the struggle escalated into a war between the Moscogees and the United States after insurgent Red Sticks massacred over 250 whites and mixed-bloods at Fort Mims on the Alabama River on August 30, 1813—the worst frontier massacre in U.S. history. After seven months of bloody fighting, U.S. forces inflicted a devastating defeat on the Red Sticks at Horseshoe Bend on the Tallapoosa River on March 27, 1814—the most disastrous defeat ever suffered by Native Americans. The defeat of the Muscogees (Creeks), the only serious impediments to U.S. westward expansion, opened millions of acres of land to the white settlers and firmly established the Cotton Kingdom and slavery in the Deep South. For southeastern Native Americans, the war resulted in the destruction of their civilization and forced removal west of the Mississippi: The Trail of Tears. O'Brien presents both the American and Native American perspectives of this important chapter of U.S. history. He also examines the roles of the neighboring tribes and African Americans who lived in the Muscogee nation.
Removal Aftershock
Author: Jane F. Lancaster
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870498466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A chronicle of hardship and persistence, Removal Aftershock centers on the Seminoles and their experiences in the West after the federal government forced them out of their Florida homelands during the early 1800s. Gaining control of Florida in 1819, the United States initiated a series of treaties that compelled the Native-American tribes to accept reduced territory, relocations, and finally removal to west of the Mississippi. Some Seminoles fought to stay in Florida; others, along with their black slaves, were sent west between 1834 and 1859. After enduring the trials of removal, the Western Seminoles faced a new struggle. As a small tribe, they had to fight to maintain their identity and land rather than be absorbed into the much larger Creek Nation, as the treaties seemingly required. The struggle for independence from the Creeks was aggravated by other problems, including on the one hand, government neglect, delayed annuities, and corrupt officials; on the other, they were confronted by threatening Plains Indians, measles and smallpox epidemics, alcohol abuse, droughts, and crop failures. Following an 1856 treaty that brought them independence from the Creeks, the Seminoles were next drawn into the Civil War, which riddled the tribe with division and dispersal, property destruction, and death. In 1866, the Seminoles' cooperation with the Confederates was used to justify reduction of their land from more than 2 million acres to 200,000 acres. In telling the story of the Seminoles after removal, Jane Lancaster highlights a neglected area of Native-American studies and places the tribe in proper historical perspective. Despite their countless hardships and the inhumane policies of the government, the Seminoles have survived to the present day an enduring testament to the stubbornness and determination of the early tribal leaders.
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870498466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A chronicle of hardship and persistence, Removal Aftershock centers on the Seminoles and their experiences in the West after the federal government forced them out of their Florida homelands during the early 1800s. Gaining control of Florida in 1819, the United States initiated a series of treaties that compelled the Native-American tribes to accept reduced territory, relocations, and finally removal to west of the Mississippi. Some Seminoles fought to stay in Florida; others, along with their black slaves, were sent west between 1834 and 1859. After enduring the trials of removal, the Western Seminoles faced a new struggle. As a small tribe, they had to fight to maintain their identity and land rather than be absorbed into the much larger Creek Nation, as the treaties seemingly required. The struggle for independence from the Creeks was aggravated by other problems, including on the one hand, government neglect, delayed annuities, and corrupt officials; on the other, they were confronted by threatening Plains Indians, measles and smallpox epidemics, alcohol abuse, droughts, and crop failures. Following an 1856 treaty that brought them independence from the Creeks, the Seminoles were next drawn into the Civil War, which riddled the tribe with division and dispersal, property destruction, and death. In 1866, the Seminoles' cooperation with the Confederates was used to justify reduction of their land from more than 2 million acres to 200,000 acres. In telling the story of the Seminoles after removal, Jane Lancaster highlights a neglected area of Native-American studies and places the tribe in proper historical perspective. Despite their countless hardships and the inhumane policies of the government, the Seminoles have survived to the present day an enduring testament to the stubbornness and determination of the early tribal leaders.
The Indian Way
Author: Dorothy Milligan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Creek Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Creek Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Like Beads on a String
Author: Brent Richards Weisman
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817304118
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Anthropologists have long been fascinated with the Seminoles and have often remarked upon their ability to adapt to new circumstances while preserving the core features of their traditional culture. This study traces the emergence of these qualities in the late prehistoric and early historic period in the Southeast and demonstrates their influence on the course of Seminole culture history.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817304118
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Anthropologists have long been fascinated with the Seminoles and have often remarked upon their ability to adapt to new circumstances while preserving the core features of their traditional culture. This study traces the emergence of these qualities in the late prehistoric and early historic period in the Southeast and demonstrates their influence on the course of Seminole culture history.
The Seminoles of Florida
Author: Minnie Moore-Willson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Seminole History and Culture
Author: D. L. Birchfield
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1433974320
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Readers discover Seminole history and culture in this richly designed, and well-researched volume. Its in-depth exploration of Seminole history begins with prehistoric times and continues to the present. Among the topics examined are the Seminoles' arrival in Florida in the 1700s, the place of black Seminoles in their society, their struggles to protect their territory from land-hungry Americans, and 21st-century reservation life. The book’s exploration of traditional culture and beliefs includes discussion of the role of uncles in raising children and an account of their origin story. Useful features include a detailed timeline, a list of additional resources for readers interested in learning more, and activities designed to promote further thought.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1433974320
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Readers discover Seminole history and culture in this richly designed, and well-researched volume. Its in-depth exploration of Seminole history begins with prehistoric times and continues to the present. Among the topics examined are the Seminoles' arrival in Florida in the 1700s, the place of black Seminoles in their society, their struggles to protect their territory from land-hungry Americans, and 21st-century reservation life. The book’s exploration of traditional culture and beliefs includes discussion of the role of uncles in raising children and an account of their origin story. Useful features include a detailed timeline, a list of additional resources for readers interested in learning more, and activities designed to promote further thought.
Africans and Seminoles
Author: Daniel F. Littlefield
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578063604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
An updated edition of a standard work documenting the interrelationship of two racial cultures in antebellum Florida and Oklahoma
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578063604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
An updated edition of a standard work documenting the interrelationship of two racial cultures in antebellum Florida and Oklahoma