Shown in this illustration from 1896 is osceola, chief of the seminoles. Osceola (1804 -1838), named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama, became an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a Scotsman, James McQueen. He was reared by his mother in the Creek or Muscogee tradition. When a child, he migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees, led by a relative, Peter McQueen. There they became part of what was known as the Seminole people.

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