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

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

 (5) at Cat Fish Lake. There are a number of families who ha\e 

 temporary camps in other locahlies, and some few Inchans have 

 what they call their permanent camps outside of these xillages, 

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



tlie Everglades, and four or tive families liave camps on New 

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

 number of Seminole Indians in Florida is variouslv estimated as 

 from 250 to 350, and it is possible the}- 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 



