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A powder horn with powerful provenance found at the Little Rock ROADSHOW event in July 2015 is one of very few known relics remaining from the Seminole Wars. Learn more! Born in 1810 in north ...
The objects include a pair of woven, beaded garters worn by Billy Powell of the Florida Seminole tribe. Billy Powell is hardly a household name. But his Seminole designation—Osceola—resonates ...
The center of this national argument was Osceola, an Indian leader who became a martyr in the 1830s during the government’s Second Seminole ... or 1805 was named Billy Powell to honor his ...
Two U.S. Army officials made a crucial blunder in 1855 that was felt deeply by the citizens of Manatee County: they messed with Seminole Indian Chief Billy Bowlegs. Under Lt. George L. Hartsuff, Col.
He was a 19th century Seminole chief whose name lives on in the 21st century. His real name, according to blackpast.org, was Holata Micco. He was not the only man named Billy Bowlegs, but was a ...