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Page 1: Osceola. Tecumseh traveled s. to meet the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, & the Creeks (Indian Confederation) Trying to get them to forget about their.

Osceola

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Osceola•Tecumseh traveled s. to meet the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, & the Creeks (Indian Confederation)

•Trying to get them to forget about their rivalries & create unity

•Tecumseh’s mom was a Creek Indian• 2 Sects• White Sticks- Lived/farmed like white settlers & cooperate w/white settlers• Red Sticks- Lived the Indian way of life & wanted to drive them away

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Osceola•Tecumseh died & no 1 tried to unify the Indians

• Indians were used to fight the War of 1812• Red Sticks- Fought w/the British•White Sticks- Fought w/the Americans• Indian civil war

•General Andrew Jackson & White Sticks fought a large battle at Horseshoe Bend of the Tallapoosa R. (1814)•White Sticks beat the Red Sticks, but was a disaster for all of the Creeks

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Osceola• Americans thanked White Sticks alliance • W.S. had to sign a treaty giving away their land

• Red Sticks had no land at all because they fought w/the British• Hid in the woods• Creek boy, mother, & Tallasee tribe went South into Spanish Florida• Welcomed by the Seminoles & settled in N. Florida• Ate alligator steak, bear ribs, corn bread, fish cakes, rattlesnake meat, & turkey legs

• Florida Indians=Seminoles- meant “runaway” or “wild ones”• Africans who were slaves, Creek, old/extinct Florida tribes, outcasts, & wanderers

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Osceola•The boy & his tribe loved their new home=Kept Creek ways•Women farmed & men hunted

•Warm climate- Simple homes w/roofed platforms on stilts• Moist ground• Built around central square where ceremonies & tribal dances took place

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Osceola•The Indian boy• Avg. height w/ small hands & feet

• Pretty & sensitive face

• Enjoyed playing lacrosse- Had energy/purpose & usually won

• 15 yrs. old- Sacred ceremonies of introduction into manhood• Drank bitter black juice, fasted, & prayed• Received his adult name=Asi-yo-ho-lo= White men said “Osceola”• Brave & truthful• Angry at White Sticks & white men