seminoles in English

noun
1
a member of an American Indian people of the Creek confederacy and their descendants, noted for resistance in the 19th century to encroachment on their land in Georgia and Florida. Many were resettled in Oklahoma.
U.S. slaveholders, Creek Indians, Seminoles , and the blacks themselves harried each other over slave property.
2
either of the Muskogean languages, usually Creek, spoken by the Seminole.
The storekeeper, a pleasant young woman, was deep in conversation with an older gentleman. They spoke Seminole , sprinkled with American brand names.

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1. The Official Athletic Site of of the Florida State Seminoles

2. Upon his release, Osceola vowed retribution; on December Thompson was slain by the Seminoles in retaliation.

3. Creeks a tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes

4. Appaloosas have been used in many movies; an Appaloosa is the mascot for the Florida State Seminoles

5. Thereafter, convinced of the honesty of this policy, Seminoles and exiles readily came forward to emigrate.

6. When the Seminoles and blacks responded to this perfidy by refusing to cooperate in their removal, Jesup renewed warfare.

7. The Creek people were forced to relocate to Oklahoma in the 1830's and many Creeks fled to Florida where they found sanctuary with the Seminoles.

8. Fur traders, who Benefitted from the removal of the Spanish fur trade Planters, who were able to expand plantations and Southern culture into Florida Seminoles, who were able to purge their runaway-slave communities Textile mills, which benefited from an increased population pool of workers 2