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Amathla, Foke Luste Hajo, Conhathee Mico, and Foshutchee Mico 

 fled to Fort Brook and encamped under tlie protection of the <funs. 

 CHITTEE YOHOLO, a Seminole chief of note. He was a 

 vouni;" man at the time of the Seminole War, hut, hein^' a \enture- 

 some warrior, he soon rose to prominence and recei\ed honors from 

 his trihe. He was given several names. After killing his first 

 white man he was called Chewastv Emathla. After he had killed 

 several white men and received several names in succession he was 

 christened Olocta Tustennugge. He afterwards emigrated to 

 Arkansas. 



LANGUAGE. 



The two principal languages spoken hy the Indians now resident 

 in Florida are known as Okeechobee and Miami. The}' are quite 

 different, although many of the Indians speak both languages. That 

 spoken by Robert Osceola, Old Charlie, Tom Tiger, and the other 

 New River Indians is the Okeechobee dialect, and is undoubtedly 

 modified Creek or Muskogee. I was unable to learn what language 

 is spoken bv the Miami Indians, but it is quite different. The 

 majority of the words which I have included in the following vocab- 

 ulary have been obtained through conversations with Robert Osceola 

 (Gart-sum-a-tel-e-kee) and other Indians w^ith whom I have hunted. 



VOCABULARY. 



An Indian Estee-sar-tsee. 



White man Estee-hat-kee. 



Negro Estee-lustee. 



Man Estee. 



Woman Hock-tee. 



Child Es-to-chee. 



Scalp E-kah-hal-pee. 



Tooth Nut-tee. 



Hand In-kee. 



Le<»" Ilats-ka-wah. 



