Thlocklo Tustenuggee

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Thlocklo Tustenuggee
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Nickname(s)Tiger Tail
DiedNew Orleans, Louisiana
AllegianceSeminole
Battles/warsDade Massacre

Thlocklo Tustenuggee (also known as Thlocko, Thlocco, and Tiger Tail) was one of the most prominent Seminole leaders in the Second Seminole War. He spoke English fluently,[1] and also spoke Muscogee.[2] Tustenuggee was one of the three leaders of the 300 Seminoles who fought in the battle that became known as the Dade Massacre.[3] During the war, he and Halleck Tustenuggee, another prominent Seminole leader in the war, met with General Walker Keith Armistead to negotiate, but negotiations broke down and the war resumed.[4] As the war waned, Armistead used money to bribe several Seminole leaders to surrender, but Tustenuggee refused to be bribed and he continued to lead his band in fighting.[5][self-published source] When the war ended, his Seminole band was one of the few that remained in Florida.[6] In 1843, Tustenuggee and 26 of his followers were forcibly migrated from Florida to New Orleans, Louisiana.[7] They were transported by the USS Lawrence along with 65 other Native Americans and three black slaves.[8] Tustenuggee then committed suicide by swallowing powdered glass.[9] His death was reported in newspapers, as were the deaths of other prominent Native American leaders who died in connection with the Trail of Tears.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Joseph Norman Heard (1987). Handbook of the American Frontier: The Southeastern Woodlands. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 359. ISBN 0810819317.
  2. ^ Dan Ryan (2011). Merryweather: USMC. AuthorHouse. p. 82. ISBN 978-1463414450.
  3. ^ John C. Fredriksen (1999). American Military Leaders. ABC-CLIO. p. 559. ISBN 1576070018.
  4. ^ Adam Wasserman (2009). A People's History of Florida, 1513-1876: How Africans, Seminoles, Women, and Lower Class Whites Shaped the Sunshine State. p. 300. ISBN 978-1442167094.
  5. ^ Ralph Van Blarcom (2011). Seminole War Artifacts and a History of the Forts of Florida. Xlibris. p. 24. ISBN 978-1462877430.
  6. ^ Ron Field (2009). The Seminole Wars, 1818-58. Osprey Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 978-1846034619.
  7. ^ Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr.; James W. Parins (2011). Encyclopedia of American Indian Removal. ABC-CLIO. pp. 214–15. ISBN 978-0313360411.
  8. ^ Edwin C. McReynolds (1957). The Seminoles. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 237. ISBN 0806112557.
  9. ^ Merab-Michal Favorite (2013). Bradenton. Arcadia Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 978-0738590783.
  10. ^ James Leitch Wright (1990). Creeks & Seminoles: The Destruction and Regeneration of the Muscogulge People. University of Nebraska Press. p. 287. ISBN 0803297289.
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