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The First Indians of Florida

In 1510 the Europeans arrived at in Florida and were saw the indigenous natives were

living on the Isles of  La Florida, they were captured and enslaved by the Spanish who

very aggressive and violent. The Spanish name Florida their island and put the enslaved

Indians to look for gold and jewels. Some of the natives escaped and hide deep in the

swamp area, they left by canoes in found the border of Florida and Georgia so they made

their way north. Some continued to hide in the everglades of southern Georgia. The

captured slavesThe Spanish quickly captured and enslaved them and they ruthlessly

abused their families especially the Indian wome became ill due to infectious diseases

carried by the Europeans. The natives were apparently never exposed to such diseases

and their immune systems could not withstand the exposure, their bodies were covered

with sores, soon they began to die became ill and died The Spanish eventually returned

to Europe and came back with Jesuit priest to establish a colony in northern Florida near 

the coast and St Augustine area. Later when the Spanish went to Georgia, Alabama, and

Mississippi to conquered the new area, they found even more Indians living near the

Chattahoochee , Flint rivers and all the way to the Carolinas. The Insians natives were

excellent hunters and hey begin trading with the Europeans. They natives were aware of 

the Spanish aggressive ways and took to hiding in in other areas. d. Some of the natives

survived the epidemic because that had escaped being taken as slaves by the Spanish, that

is why some of the continued to lived in the area and some wandered northwards to live

in Georgia and Alabama. Eventually they will become large tribes that will live of or 

many centuries. I began to research the story to find out what happened to the native

American Indians and look for supportive evidence that might tell the true story and life

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 path of the Seminole people of Florida.

I became interested in learning about the Seminole Indians Tribe when I spent time in

Florida and I traveled from Tampa Bay to Miami with my daughter in the beginning of 

this year. I began to notice the names on maps and signs of towns and streets they were

named Indian leaders and Indian and tribes. Seminole 54th

year celebration of the

Seminole recognition and achievement day. The celebration was a performance of their 

annual Green Corn Day cer emony(Weisman).

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The performers were members of the

Seminole Tribe and other tribes that once belong to the political organization called the

Creek Confederacy. They were dress in traditional Seminole clothing. They reenacted

the orginal Green Corn dance celebration. It was a beautiful ceremony and they

 performers were very proud and creative. The Green Corn dance enactment further grew

my interest in the Indian society, I saw not only a proud but dignitified people who had a

story to tell. They spok e in several languages as they relived the life of theirfathers

  before. They

1Weisman, Brent Richards, Unconquered People, Gainesville: 1999.

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