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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 families who have 
temporary camps in other localities, 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 five 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 
