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So the Seminoles were apparently crazy enough to not surrender to an overwhelming force and they hunted alligators? I think we might have found the original Florida men.

I’m a Florida native and I’ve never heard Seminole pronounced “Semin-Ollie” pretty sure it’s Seminole.

I once met a Seminole named Paul who was living in Colorado. He invited my sister and I into his off grid home for the evening. He had long red hair and big blue eyes. He sang to us, plus he had some of the most beautiful art pieces that were made from copper and stained glass. He was extremely talented artistically, so much so that he had written and sold out a musical. He was also really very kind. He told us that he didn't like being around people much but that we were always welcome back. We had such a nice time. I don't know Paul's last name and we were in such a remote part of Colorado that I could never find my way back to his house. He had such beautiful energy, he's one person I wish I could find so I could listen to him sing and admire his art again.

I was born and raised in Miami. My dad made sure we understood Seminole origins (slavery included)and their heroic history. Hearing the name pronounced as 4 syllables made me clench my teeth but I'm so glad the tribe is finally being recognized for their unique place in history. Too bad others didn't find a defensible refuge where whites couldn't exploit/destroy who they were.

Growing up in Florida, it’s crazy how many famous Indian names are incorporated into everyday life

Me at the 8 second mark.... He's going to say Seminoley the whole video.

I also remembered Florida State trying to charge the Seminoles a rental tax.The case came to an end when Chief Billie told them ok, but the turnpike goes through our land, we will just build a toll booth. That was the end of the case . This was in Broward County Florida. Love Chief Billie

Being Cherokee myself i can honestly and proudly say that it would be most wonderful to have this blood flowing through my veins also. Nothing but love and respect for these people and their ways 💯💖🙏

The Seminole natives of the Jaguar Clan helped my family escape from slavery.We intermarried and still keep a lot of the same traditions today majority of my family still lives in Sanford Florida Keeping both are native African in Seminole traditions alive

"We are losing terrain for those damn americans, chief! What we must do?!" "So we gonna beat them in their own terms... We will become businessmen!"

Man just hearing the war-cries of our people fighting for our land and ways of life, it gives me goosebumps. Makes me sad n angry n proud all at the same time, it’s kinda hard to explain. We are still here✊🏽

Growing up in Indian Rocks Beach in Pinellas county Florida I was priviledged to learn much of the rich and fascinating history of the Seminole. We trekked through Indian lands and I was honored to be so welcomed by the Seminoles I met, and even enjoyed a traditional meal that included alligator tail. I made friends in particular with two of the men and ended up dating one of their daughters. Many years later, I went to see Beckah Shae perform, and she did an excellent rendition of "Seminole Wind" popularized by John Anderson. I liked her version a lot better, which can be found on KZfaq. What an amazing people group. BTW, Andrew Jackson was a reaj jackass. God bless the Seminole.

I didn’t expect hard rock making a camio in this episode

I’m a Shawnee Native and I grew up in Oklahoma where many of us ended up. We are still here, that’s why I know the Seminole and I feel like being pedantic and saying that when they say their tribe name it ryhmes with “hole” not “holy” almost like “seminal”

As a former combat Infantryman, my hat is off to those who fought and died bravely defending against federal aggression. 🙏⚡️

The "e" is silent, it's "sem-in-ol". Another great, informative video. This channel is at the top of my list among a few other similar channels which are all excellent sources of military history. I also appreciate the effort to explain the politics from both sides of these historical clashes as well the smaller details which many other sources rarely include such as the importance of resources for the war effort which was critical for success on any battlefield. A good comander understood the importance of carefully selecting the route toward a field of battle, and the ability to protect baggage trains and lines of communication, as quite often a battle field could be several miles/kilometers wide. Ceasar's success as a tactician would not have been possible had he not been an absolute master at procuring food and other essential resources, not only for his soldiers, but also for thd horses and elephants and any other brasts of burden. An example of a detail most never even consider when we're enjoying these awesome videos is the need for, and extremely important aspect of all these ancient battles is blacksmiths. Without blacksmiths, and steel you won't last very long! Horses need constant care, a hobbled horse very quickly becomes a meal on four legs, and you can't have cavalry if your horses are in your belly! Blacksmiths were an absolut necessity for making and repairing armour, as well as many, many other mundane aspects of daily life. Anything that required steel was made by blacksmiths, nails for building seigeworks etc. I guess I really appreciate this channel because it rises above most other channels which focus on battles only and leave out all these really essential, and extremely interesting details. Thank you! Jack Von Bronzesnake Keswick (Lake Simcoe) Ontario Canada

As a Polish citizen I never heard Seminole story or how black men were finding their place in the indian territory. Awesome piece of history. I would gladly here more stories about Native Americans. Thanks!

Thank you, being a native of Florida many of our roads, cities, and counties are named after these native people but the history of them is rarely taught. It's awesome to learn the back story of this beautiful land.

This is some of the best news i think i ve ever heard.....im usually the last know though....so no biggie....ROCK n ROLL SEMINOLES!!!!.....this made my year.....thank you

from Seminole Elementary in Miami....much love and respect for this.

Other than a few mispronunciations, I fucking love this as a Seminole. Seeing our history represented so well

And those 100 Seminoles that remained in South FL became the Miccosukee tribe and have their own reservation today. They inhabited what is the Tamiami Trail and set up shop and home along the trail that runs East from Miami, West to Naples. The Miccosukke’s are one of many different tribes that make up the Seminole nation. I’m a native of FL, from Miami. Absolutely brilliant video!

my great grandma walked the trail of tears, she passed well before i was born but an aunt told me the trail earned its name. she also told me the warriors knew how to talk to the alligators, when they retreated to the swamp, they could tell them to attack the soldiers.

I'm from New Hampshire but I drove by that Hard Rock Cafe last year. I went for the Space X launch. There is something wild about all the people who live there, but I just wanted to see all the plants and animals. Finally tried surfing as an adult. Great video.

I have a tough time listening to any history of Native Americans. It starts out so good and gets so damn depressing towards the end.

I’m from New Orleans and I love seeing The Mississippian Peoples represented!!! Their spirit and energy still lives here. No doubt about it

I've been to okmulgee Indian grounds in Macon Georgia I grew up around there. There is so much hidden history that we have either covered up or ignored in this area.. great to see someone paying attention to a great nation that we know almost nothing about

Great video, haven’t learned anything about the seminoles since my 6th grade state history class, keep it up

As a Native American I enjoy when you make a video of our people’s.

My people fought with the British, won many battles but eventually had to capitulate and were forcefully deported. Our group still speaks the language and my relative graduated West Point many years ago. Garinagu Nuguya!

The Seminoles remind of crazy horse and sittingbull. There all the greatest warriors to ever emerge on the battle field of victory!

Seeing this video made me very happy as a half Seminole person it makes me happy getting Seminole history out there

I grew up roaming the swamps of central Florida. Its an incredible experience to be able to run thr same swamps they did.

Chief Osceola is the National hero figure of many generational Floridians.

Loved this! True history of the Americas.

Outstanding video with great information! Thank you!👍

My family has been in Florida since at least the 1830s. In that time, they lived alongside the Seminole peoples enough for my great-grandfather and grandfather to be welcomed to hunt on their reservations in the Everglades. Our family has always had a great respect for them.

Sem-in-ol the "e" is silent.

The most awesome story ever in American history. Lived in SW Florida for 10 yrs

Absolutely remarkable. They never left their land. Makes complete sense why hurricanes never destroy the area. Their magic has merit through the sacrifice they’ve made through immeasurable odds.

As an Indian (East) I wish our namesake American Indians good health, prosperity and more power to you.

21:46" ...they adopted a new policy that basically amounted to 'Whatever man' ". Wasn't expecting that one

Fascinating stuff. I hardly knew any of this before!

Love the seminoles met a lot of beautiful people at a reservation in south of miami absolutely wonderful people. Been to a Seminole funeral and man I was honored to even be graced with an invitation from this womans family god rest her soul

Love how Kings&Generals is showing love to my Native people's. My tribal affiliation is Navajo, but Native American Warrior Culture still burns bright in the U.S. Military.

I love that Florida State University use the Seminoles as their mascot and the Seminole Tribe of Florida sanction it

A truly awesome video! Great to see!

I was born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and went to many Billy Bowlegs parades. I never understood the connection until this video but I seem to remember Billy Bowlegs was portrayed as some sort of pirate. It was just a fun family day at the parade. Thanks for the walk into the history lesson of those days and the memories of my childhood.

Overall I loved this video. A couple things did stick with me though and bothered me. From what I read in “Florida Exiles” a book written contemporaneously with the Seminole wars, Osceola killed Thompson after Thompson stole and enslaved his wife. Not a lack of character. Also to say the army turned to “harassing” women and children, when in reality they attacked villages and held the survivors hostage to force warriors into submission, is too soft. Other than that, as a Floridian archaeologist, I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed seeing this part of history be told. And the inclusion of the African American aspect was great, it is a story often left out. Thank you, I hope I don’t offend with my comments.

MY ANCESTORS!!! thank you so much for finally making a video on the unconquered.

They sound like amazing people! I hope to meet them all.

Thank you for this video!

The Seminole’s are the pride of Florida. Favorite part of Florida history is going over the native Floridian History. It’s very rich here, but a lot of people don’t know that.

Kings and Generals- thanks so much for having this series on the Native American struggles. I found this to be overlooked when I was in school. Learning about Tecumseh was a real treat.

An amazing story of a brave and strong people.

Met a Seminole I tulsa last year, he was alright. And proud of it too. I , my self knew this already.

Eastern Band of the Cherokee avoided the Trail of Tears. Keep it up!

As an African American myself from Florida, I loved learning about the Seminole wars. Especially the Black Seminoles that allied with them so survive against colonialism and became the most successful slave rebellions in the united states. Proud Gullah/Geechee Afro Seminole.

Seminole Wind by John Anderson is a great song!! My grandma’s side of the family were Seminole.. she and her brother were named after Chief Osceola. I remember being a kid and my mama telling me about how they were the last and only tribe not to surrender to the government. I also remember her telling me how they lived close to the river and in swamplands to evade the government.

I’m a newer resident of Florida. I’ve only been here 16 years; but I often wondered about County, City, Route, Region names. Where they came from, and why? This was a fascinating study which I have already forwarded, and will watch again. Thank you. I have recently been shown that the Native American people are one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Maranatha

The lesson here is, if you've been put in charge of forcefully deporting an entire people from their homeland, maybe don't give their chieftain a rifle.

I’d love to hear more about the relationship between the African American slaves and the native peoples. That should prove to be a very interesting topic.

This was excellent and I’d like to see some more indigenous history videos from North America. As a Canadian, Louis Riel is a very interesting possible topic.

Thanks for summarizing a vary dark time in American History. This story was and continues to be repeated all over the world in the Clash of Civilizations.

Much respect for the man whos people are gone, pushed from his home, bribed, but still has the heart to give his life and honour to kill his enemies untill the end.

Great video, as always! Another interesting fact about the runaway slaves that joined the Seminoles: In 1693, king Charles II of Spain issued a royal decree, providing sanctuary for every slave from the northern english colonies. The objective was to increase the population in Florida and at the same time undermine the labor force of english plantations. The royal decree was formalised in 1733 by Charles II sucessor, Phillip V. The result was the founding of Santa Teresa de Mose, the first legally sanctioned free black settlement in the Americas.

This was a great video!

Heard there last standoff was at wekiwa springs love my Seminoles thank you for being strong

For a tribe who never surrendered to the Nation who never really lost a war is astounding I have much respect for that fighting spirit and yet little respect for the crimes against them perpetrated by our own government.

As a member of the Leech Lake band of Ojibwe, I do enjoy and appreciate your content the wars Natives have fought. I can not wait till you finally do one on my own tribe. Till then I will devour all your content as I have been doing, great work.

I remember learning that Chief Osceola was doing a hunger strike and that's what lead to his decline in health. He was being held at Fort Castillo De San Marcos in St. Augustine. Of course this was when I was in elementary school going to field trips to the Fort back in the 80's and 90's.

This is some Amazing history right here

27 years living in south Florida and many trips to the Mickosukee, and I have never heard "Seminole" pronounced like that. You think a 2 minute search would have provided the correct pronunciation...to a Floridian, this is like nails on a chalkboard.

Growing up in central Fl most of our country’s and roads are named after all these tribes and peoples but the history was never taught. Really glad you guys made a video of it!

Thanks for the information.

This story deserves to be on film 🔥🔥🔥

I would love to see a whole series about American Indians, war and history

Note how they decried Osceola's capture, but did not release him.

I’m a Dade county local and I go out and cycle through different parts of the Everglades and I just admire the beautiful nature but also being aware of all the history and culture created in this place. One story some Miami locals know is the one of chief chekika who led a successful raid on the Indian key town part of the Florida keys and then paddled their way back into the immense river of grass into his secret hideout in a tree island that’s now located close to the Tamiami trail highway, until he way found & raided by some general from fort Dallas which is now where downtown Miami is. Out of the millions of people that call south Florida home very few know its history

I know seminoles and grew up around many and they are truly some of the most interesting people and the quiet ones are the fiercest

I cannot express enough gratitude for your accounts of historical events and people all over the world. Keep up the good work man!

Seminole.... pronounced Sem·​i·​nole | \ ˈse-mə-ˌnōl The final "e" is silent. This pronunciation is not open to British interpretation.

Thank you for documenting my peoples.

seminole ancestor you fought well, and may your souls rest in peace

Love your doing a video about the Seminoles. I'm a Florida boy born and raised and love my state's history hope y'all do more.

Of the many important aspects to the tribal history, the one I think should be held in high regard is that the Florida State Seminoles collage football team actually asked the Seminole Nation for permission to use them as the team's name and are always in contact with the Seminoles to make changes into the Native representation. The primary reason for the current contacts are to avoid the early insulting way the tribe was represented.

My mother is Seminole and my father is Teslagi both Oklahoma raised, then moved to Australia where I was born and I know very little about my background so it was really cool to find this video, educational and couldn't help but feel proud

My family come from the original Creek Natives that blended with the Seminoles in North Florida. My mothers family line anyways. Many many generations coming from Wakulla and Taylor County Florida.

As a European I know very little of this stuff so it's really interesting to learn about

Wish peace and prosperity to relative and brave Native Americans from Xiongnu (Hun) descendant. Greetings from Kazakhstan!

My parents cut a road back in the swamp a few miles from lake Okechobee and sometimes hunting gators we would run into a Seminole out doing the same thing. You still can as far as i know. All those i grew up with and met over the yrs. were beautiful people.

I'm building a replica of a Seminole Longbow now, great design. Books state the Spanish were unable to fully draw a Seminole archery bow. (Ponce de Leon era?) Must have been #80-90+ draw weight. It takes training to pull that. I visited the Miccosuki Indian Reservation in 1986 and watched as the Native Seminole put the big alligators chin under his, no handed. Then put it too sleep laying on it's back.

Just started, curious to see if my local area will be mentioned. Also note it's not pronounced "Seminolee" with a strong e like you did, just "ole" as in loophole.

I remember when I was in elementary school I used to think the US army was the coolest thing ever. Then I read ahead in the history book and it talked about the Seminole Wars. Worst part is that I don’t even recall if we ever covered that part of the book.

The Seminoles are proud, strong people. I still remember Chief Billie, a force to be reckoned with. Highly intelligent tribe.

As others have said, not all Seminoles actually split into two groups, one did move to the Indian Territories and one staying in the swamps of Florida. The other point of contention is the claim that the Seminoles were part of the Mound Building culture, I have never seen that claim before.

I live in Florida right off the Weekie Wachee river the deepest freshwater cave system in America.The names of the tribes and general’s are in like every town.it’s cool to walk in the preserves and imagine the people who were there before. Florida is dope!

These animations are reaching truly epic levels. Bravo!

Man that was great I love the history I was wondering about the song roll roll Seminole wind and now I know where that comes from Love it