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near Miami River, (3) on Fish Eating Creek, northwest of Lake 

 Okeechobee, (4) on Cow Creek, northeast of Okeechobee, and 

 (5) at Cat Fish Lake. There are a number of famihes who have 

 temporary camps in other locaHties, and some few Indians have 

 what they call their permanent camps outside of these villages, 

 there being, I am told, several Indians living on the islands in 



the Everglades, and four or live families have camps on New 

 River: but nearly all of these have camps elsewhere as well. The 

 number of Seminole Indians in Florida is variously estimated as 

 from 250 to 350, and it is possible they may exceed that number. 

 Many of the Okeechobee Indians are descendants of the Creeks 

 or Muskogees, as the language spoken there seems to be of that 



