The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 15, Number 2, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 11 May 1922 — Page 2

THE SEMINOLE INDIAN The following interesting sketch by L. A. Neff pictures the • i Seminoles as they are found in j Florida today, an understanding* of tjiem being increased by a review of their historical setting: Yellow, red and black, tne cos- * tiune of the Seminole Indian is a familiar sight ’on the streets of many' tourist towns in Florida. As time comes, his old attitude 1 of suspicion toward his white brother is fast giving way to a spirit of real friendliness. This comes about as the result of the ' friendly trading that goes on between the Indians and the tourists. The Indian is cunning enough, to go into the most important resort cities and dispose of the wares he has taken from the, wilds in which he lives. They I are snake skins, feathers, many kinds of baskets, and so forth. He is well received by the tourist because he comes into close contact with this interestingspecimen of man, getting from hrm first hand those souvenirs of ■ Florida. But why this suspicion oj the Indian toward the white man? you may ask. To be plain, the white man did not play fair —did not live up to the treaties —and removed the greater number of Seminoles to reservations in the West, where they did not want to go, or those who refused to go back into the j interior, the remnant of the tribe, took up their dwelling places in southern Florida and remained there in seclusion for many years. 1 The Seminoles have not been in Florida since the beginning of time, as many people think, only since the early part of the eighteenth century. They were a runaway groupe of the Creek Indians of Georgia. Not satisfied with the Creek way of doing things they came to Florida, seeking peace, homes, huntinggrounds and burial places for their fathers. For 75 years they lived in peace and contentment, except a few skirmishes with the people of Georgia, who were seeking their runaway slaves. After this, beginning in 1816 and lasting until 1842, in which time the Seminole war broke out, terrorizing both blacks and whites alike. In 1816 Gen. Jackson came down the Apalachicola river with a gun boat and at a given signal a shot from the gun boat exploded the magazines.i Two hundred and seventy of the ! number were instantly killed, j This aroused the vengeance of the remaining Indians and two ’ years war was waged against the ; whites. This was the first Sem- j inole war. It ended by the In- , dians withdrawing into the Ever-' glades, where the white man could not go. But still the Geor,AUCTIONEER CAL. L. STUCKMAN Phone 535 Nappanee, Ind. You can call me np without expense. I “'S/aaTeua” A splendid tonic and ; ‘ Blood Purifier for spring time. If your appetite i i is poor or your food ] seems to disagree with you, suffer from indigestion, billiousness, loss of i weight or strength VANTONA quickly tones < up the whole digestive ! system. ' FOR SALE AT THORNBURG’S VAN BYSTERVELD MEDICINE. COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

gia negroes continued to run ’ away and joined the Indians, and I their owners became more and more enraged. A series of treaties was entered into between the United States and the Seminoles, always to be violated. Their lands continued to be taken from them, 1 their horses and cattle stolen. The government, without warning, sent troops to force the Indians to leave. The Indians mus- ' tered all their forces and began I to fight. This was the second Seminole war, more terrible than the first. The savages were ' aroused at their oppression, arid who can blame them! At this time Oceola, the greati est of the Seminole heroes, came ■ into prominence. His rage burst [ into flame when his young wife ! went with him on a trading trr&. I She was seized and carried away lin chains. Months of warfare ensued, until Oceola and other chiefs were persuaded to come to St. Augustine under a flag of truce in 1837. Again the white men stooping to breaking their word, by seizing Oceola and putting him into chains at Fort Marion, where he died at the age of 34 years. In the year 1841 Wildcat and his band were transplanted to their new homes in the West. A few small bands refused to leave their homes in the sunny South, but signed terms of peace. They were to confine themselves to the lower portion of the state. There they live today, a contented, lazy people,’happy in their own work, minding their own business after years of friendliness with their white brothers, giving tourists a certain amount of entertainment, It is said one article of furniture is found without fail in the hut of the Seminole. It is the sewing machine, of which the squaw is complete mistress. | Both men and women wear dresses, the only difference those of the men reach only to the knee, while those of the women and girls reach the ground. The women also wear strings of beads of every color under the sun. Women never wear anything on the head, and never any shoes. Nearly all of them have thick, straight, black hair, and wad it into a firm, hard knot at the crown of the head. The tourist of southern Florida has the opportunity of seeing and trading with them. They are getting into the way of giving a hearty welcome to the tourist or stranger.— (L. A. Neff. GEO. L. XANDERS Attorney-at-Law Settlement of Estates, Opinions on Titles Fire and Other Insurance Phone 7 Syracuse, Ind.

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Curious Courtship. A very curious method of courting Is adopted by the Zaparos, a tribe of South America. The love-stricken young man goes out hunting, and on his return throws his game at the feet of l l>c woman on whom he has set his affections. If she takes the game, lights the fire and commences to cook, he knotvs his suit is accepted; If not, he knows he Is rejected.