. A guide to Florida for tourists, sportsmen and settlers . In Old St. Augustine. co T3 u CO o OO Q HISTORY 41 English in 1702-3. Among them were also de-scendants of the Yemassees who had been drivenout of Carolina by the English in 1715. Therewas also a considerable negro element from run-away slaves. In 1822 they were reported tonumber 3,100, besides 800 negroes living withthem. The settlers in Florida demanded the re-moval of these tribes to lands west of the Missis-sippi, and on May 9, 1832, a treaty was signed bythe representatives of the United States andchiefs of the Seminole Indians,
. A guide to Florida for tourists, sportsmen and settlers . In Old St. Augustine. co T3 u CO o OO Q HISTORY 41 English in 1702-3. Among them were also de-scendants of the Yemassees who had been drivenout of Carolina by the English in 1715. Therewas also a considerable negro element from run-away slaves. In 1822 they were reported tonumber 3,100, besides 800 negroes living withthem. The settlers in Florida demanded the re-moval of these tribes to lands west of the Missis-sippi, and on May 9, 1832, a treaty was signed bythe representatives of the United States andchiefs of the Seminole Indians, in which the latterconsented to such removal. A delay of two yearsoccurred before the treaty was ratified and thisproduced an unfavorable effect upon the preparations were finally made for theirremoval, many refused to go. The year 1835was spent in fruitless negotiations. Outragesperpetrated by both Indians and white settlerscaused bad feeling. At the end of this year theSeminoles had divided into two parties. Thoseabiding by the treaty took refuge in Fort Brooke,
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