Front matter

Photograph by E. W. Histed.

HOKE-TI-CHEE. LITTLE GIRL WITH THE BRIGHT EYES

THE SEMINOLES

OF

FLORIDA

MINNIE MOORE-WILLSON

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY 1920

Copyright 1896, 1910 and 1920 by MINNIE MOORE-WILLSON

First Edition, Jan., 1896

Second ” Jan., 1910

Third ” Dec., 1911

Fourth ” Sept., 1912

Fifth ” Aug., 1914

Sixth ” Oct., 1916

Seventh ” Feb., 1920

Printed in the United States of America

MEMORIAL TRIBUTE

MRS. ELIZABETH STAUFFER-MOORE

IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HER PHILANTHROPIC INTEREST IN A BRAVE AND HEROIC REMNANT OF THE ABORIGINAL AMERICANS, THE SEMINOLES OF FLORIDA, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

HER TIMELY AID IN THE CRISIS OF THEIR EXISTENCE HELPED TO RESCUE THEM FROM OBLIVION AND TO PROVIDE FOR THEM THE RIGHTS OF A FREE PEOPLE.

Minnie Moore-Willson.