Billy Bowlegs
Billy Bowlegs (* 1810 ; † 1864 ) also written Billy Bolek , in the languages used by the Seminoles , Maskoki and Hitchiti-Mikasuki, Hola-at-a-Mico , Halpatter-Micco , Halbutta Micco or Halpuda Mikko (German alligator chief) one of the chiefs involved in negotiating the Payne's Landing Treaty in 1832. He later refused to leave the Seminole area with other chiefs because the assigned areas in Oklahoma did not seem appropriate. This refusal eventually sparked the Second Seminole War . As a leader and warrior, he fought against the United States during the Second and Third Seminole Wars and tried to prevent resettlement. As one of the last chiefs he gave up his resistance and moved with his tribe to the Indian Territory . He died after the resettlement and was buried in what is now Fort Gibson National Cemetery in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
literature
- Malone (Ed.): Dictionary of American Biography , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964. p. 111
- Bruce G. Trigger, Wilcomb E. Washburn, Richard EW Adams, Frank Salomon, Stuart B. Schwartz: The Cambridge history of the native peoples of the Americas. Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 0521573920 , pp. 524-525.
Web links
- * "Billy Bowlegs" , Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 33, 1955
- Everglades Digital Library: Reclaiming the Everglades: Bowlegs
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Billy Bowlegs |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Billy Bolek; Hola-at-a-mico; Halpatter Micco; Half-hutta micco; Halpuda Mikko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chief of the Seminoles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1810 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1864 |
| Place of death | Oklahoma |