ffect upon the Indians aside from that which has just been
noticed, except to arouse them to war and to produce among them war's
consequences.

But soon a great and rapid change must take place. The large immigration
of a white population into Florida, and especially the attempts at
present being made to drain Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades, make it
certain, as I have said, that the Seminole is about to enter a future
unlike any past he has known. But now that new factors are beginning to
direct his career, now that he can no longer retreat, now that he can
no longer successfully contend, now that he is to be forced into close,
unavoidable contact with men he has known only as enemies, what will he
become? If we anger him, he still can do much harm before we can conquer
him; but if we seek, by a proper policy, to do him justice, he yet may
be made our friend and ally. Already, to the dislike of the old men of
the tribe, some young braves show a willingness to break down the
ancient barriers between them and our people, and I believe it possible
that with encouragement, at a time not far distant, all these Indians
may become our friends, forgetting their tragic past in a peaceful and
prosperous future.

INDEX

Big Cypress Swamp Seminole settlement 477, 478, 499, 507, 529
Billy, brother of Key West Billy 492-494, 499, 528
Brown, Lieutenant, aid of, among Seminole 489
Catfish Lake Seminole settlement 477, 478, 509
Cow Creek Seminole settlement 477, 478
Cypress swamps, Florida 527-529
Devil's Garden, Florida 478
Hendry, F. A., aid in Florida 492, 511, 528
Key West Billy 484, 485
Koonti, preparation of 513-516
Seminole tradition of origin of 519
Me-le the Seminole 489, 490
Miami River Seminole settlement 477, 478

Errata

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Use of Medicines...
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(Green Corn Dance diagram)
"TEOK-KO-CLACO"
_may be error for -CLAC-O_

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