- Fact 2 - South-eastern tribes were
hunter gatherers and hunter farmers.
- Fact 2 - Florida
- The Indians of Florida included the Apalachee, Calusa,
Cherokee, Seminoles, Timucuan, Guale, Yamasee, Creek,
Miccosukee and Tocobago. The Seminole
Wars forced all but a few out of Florida. Many of these tribes
became extinct.
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Alabama Georgia
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Named on Easter 1513 by Ponce de Leon for Pascua Florida,
meaning "Flowery Easter"
- Fact 5 - Features of the area: Land
is mostly flat with rolling hills in northwest
- Fact 6 - The Apalachee
are an extinct tribe of Native North Americans once centered
about Apalachee Bay in North West Florida. They were conquered
by combined Native American and British forces and merged with
the Seminole tribe. Wars and diseases, brought by the Europeans,
to which they had no immunity led to their demise.
- Fact 7 - The Calusa
tribe inhabited the southwest coast of Florida from Tampa Bay to
the Florida Keys. They are now extinct as they were also
conquered by combined Native American and British forces. Wars
and diseases, brought by the Europeans, to which they had no
immunity led to their demise.
- Fact 8 -
The
Cherokee
were one of the "Five Civilized Tribes", because they had
assimilated cultural and customs of the white settlers and
colonists. The Cherokee refer to themselves as the "Principal
People". The "Five Civilized Tribes" were the Cherokee,
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole
- Fact 9 -
The
Seminole
settled in the former territory of the Apalachee in Florida.
They merged with many runaway black slaves and the remnants of
the Apalachee tribe. The
Seminole of Florida call themselves the "Unconquered People."
- Fact 10 -
The Timucua inhabited much of northern Florida. They are now extinct as they were also
conquered by combined Native American and British forces. Wars
and diseases, brought by the Europeans, to which they had no
immunity led to their demise.
- Fact 11 - The Tocobago
tribe lived along the Florida Gulf coast from southern Pasco
County to northern Sarasota County and built their houses and
homes along the shores of Tampa Bay. They used bows and arrows,
equipped with stone arrowheads or stingray stingers. The
Tocobaga tribe culture disappeared in the 18th century
- Fact 12 - The Miccosukee
tribe were one of the tribes of the Creek Confederacy who spoke
the Mikasuki language, a derivative of the Hitchiti language
which is also spoken by many Seminoles.
- Fact 13 - The Guale tribe of Indians were
decimated from extensive epidemics of new infectious diseases
and warfare from other tribes. Some joined with other survivors
and became known as the Yamasee. Other survivors migrated to the
mission areas of Spanish Florida.
- Fact 14 - The Yamasee tribes lived
in the northern coastal Georgia near the Savannah River and
later in northeastern Florida. In 1687 the Spanish attempted to
send Yamasees to the West Indies as slaves which resulted in the
tribe rebelling against the Spanish missions. The Yamasee tribe
moved into South Carolina
- Fact 15 - The
Muskogee Creek
tribe of Indians were members of the Creek Confederacy formerly
living in eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest
Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern
Alabama. The Creek received their name from white traders
because so many of their villages were located by rivers and
creeks. The Creeks were removed to Indian Territory in the
1830s.
- Fact 16 - Homes and Houses: Wattle and Daub Houses
(Asi) were used
by the Cherokee who wanted
permanent homes to suit their farmer-hunter life styles. Asi - Wattle and Daub Houses were
made by using a framework of poles intertwined with
branches and vines covered with mud
- Fact 17 - Homes and Houses: Chickees: Chickees are
also known as stilt houses or platform houses and used by the
Indians of Florida (which has a hot, swampy climate)
such as the Seminole tribe.
Seminole Chickee homes and houses
were houses without permanent walls made of of thick wooden
posts which supported a wooden platform and covered by a
thatched roof. The wooden stilts allowed the home to be raised
several feet off the ground. If there was heavy rain hide or
cloth was draped over the frame for shelter
- Fact 18 - Men wore breechcloths which were made from a long rectangular
piece of animal skin or cloth which was worn between the legs
and tucked over a belt
- Fact 19 - Buffalo skins were worn over the
shoulders for warmth
- Fact 20 - Headdresses: Roach headdresses (also called porcupine roaches)
were worn by the men of many of the Florida tribes.
Roach headdresses were
attached to a scalp-lock to look like a crest, with the rest of
the head probably shaven.
- Fact 21 - These Indians
often used elm-bark or dugout canoes
- Fact 22 - Face paint / War Paint:
Men wore
bright face paint in times of war. Tribal tattoos were also used
to decorate their faces and bodies
- Fact 23 - Weapons: Weapons
included bows and arrows, war clubs, spears and knives
- Fact 24 - History:
1813 - 1814 - The first Creek Indian War (Seminole War). 1836 - 1837 - The Second Creek War (Seminole War) in which Creek
warriors were defeated at Hobdy's Bridge South Alabama
- Fact 25 - History:
1832-1839 - Removal of
the Seminole,
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and
Creek Indians,
known as the "Five Civilized Tribes", to Indian Territory
- Fact 26 - Food: Most of the Florida
tribes ate fish, shellfish, deer, turtles and dogs. This diet
was supplemented by watercress, pumpkins, beans and maize
- Fact 27 - The Creek Confederacy: The Creek Confederacy was a Native
American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee tribes
that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before
being removed to Oklahoma. Muskhogean is a family of North American Indian languages spoken
in the south-eastern United States
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