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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 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.

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.

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

"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!"

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 💯💖🙏

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

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

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

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✊🏽

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”

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

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

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 UKposts. What an amazing people group. BTW, Andrew Jackson was a reaj jackass. God bless the Seminole.

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!

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!

Outstanding video with great information! Thank you!👍

A truly awesome video! Great to see!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

Loved this! True history of the Americas.

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

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.

This was a great video!

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

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

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.

Thanks for the information.

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.

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

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.

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

Wondeful video!! 👏🏼

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

An amazing story of a brave and strong people.

Half Native/Half Irish/norse, always been proud to have warrior DNA on both sides. Most people in the US are cowards who worship their television; no fear in these eyes! Loved this!

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

This story deserves to be on film 🔥🔥🔥

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

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!

Fascinating stuff. I hardly knew any of this before!

Thank you for documenting my peoples.

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.

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.

Pretty awesome vid

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.

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.

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

This is some Amazing history right here

As a Florida resident, God bless the Seminole Nation!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

In the face of overwhelming odds our ancestors fought to the last shot and drop of blood, in genocides, war, deportations, forced assimilation, the resistance and will to survive kept our ideas and traditions alive to this day. We must be thankful for our ancestors for their sacrifice so we can emulate their bravery and will to survive to keep our dreams alive.

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

These animations are reaching truly epic levels. Bravo!

BLOODY AWESOMELY GREAT 😊

Wow super interesting!!!!

"They came with a Bible and their religion- stole our land, crushed our spirit... and now tell us we should be thankful to the 'Lord' for being saved" - Chief Pontiac, American Indian Chieftain

Really good video more Native American history would be appreciated

Thanks!

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.

Amazing! as always

This is some really great content! you never hear about this anywhere! thank you!

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