siminole
...e known as Seminole meaning runaways. Black slaves who escaped from their masters sometimes found safety with the seminole. and for those reasons Americans fought against them i in the first seminole war(1817-1818) the forces under Andrew Jackson quickly defeated the Seminole, and the US acquired Florida in 1819. Urging Seminole to leave their lands and move to Indian Territory, some Seminole refused to leave and fled to the Florida Everglades. The second seminole war was fought to force seminole west, it lasted 7 years. Though small groups still remained in the Florida Everglades. A third Seminole war broke out in 1855 until 1858, between whites and the few Seminole who remained in Florida the war ended when indians agreed to move west. Today many Seminole have small farms located in Oklahoma and the few Seminole who remained in Florida make a living by ...