Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-07-12
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1our years OLD at the Time and tolQ
the Indians that her name was Han
nah. Tom Tiger, one of the val
liant Seminole warriors of old, was
chief of the tribe at that time The
child was kept by the Indians and
was treated with kindness. When
old enough, she became sort OF do
mestic or servant about the camp.
Hannah thrived on sof-ka, typi-
cal Indian dish, and the healthy
open air life, and grew to be a
buxom young woman. In the tribe
was an Indian named Tony. Tony's
squaw died and he became an chi
wa-se-ko, a widower. Hannah was
a mature woman when Tony's squaw
departed for the Everglades of the
Happy Hunting Ground.
The tribal chief had decreed that
Tony was not to marry again. This
may have been due to the fact that
no hoke-ti-chee (girD thought him
worthy, or it may have been because
of the scarcity of women folks. The
Seminoles have a rule or law against
marrying in the same gems or i'm
mediate tribe, the individuals of
which are apt to be related by blood,
and other tribes were not plentiful.
Or perhaps Tony may have been a
ho-lo-wa-gus, mo good" sort of In
dian ana had been cruel to his de-
ceased squaw.
Unable to secure likely Indian
maiden, Tony took Hannah as his
squaw. In marrying Hannah, Tony
violated one of the Seminoles' car
dinal laws
The Seminole Indian boasts of his
pure and unmiXed blood. In the
early days when the tribe gave
refuge to the slaves who ran away
from Georgia, there had been inter-
marriages between Seminoles ard
the colored people, but this practice
was abandoned, despite the fact that
such unions were often ideally sue
ceSSful.
When Tony took Hannah to his
cho-co-hum-co-see or wigwam, he
became, therefore, sort of social
outcast. The gregarious or social in
stinct made his wish to be near his
fellow tribesmen; SO he lived mile
or two away from the main village
or camp and followed the tribe
around when it roved about on hunt
ing or harvesting trips. He was not
allowed to live among the rest but
he was not mistreated-Was Simply
ignored.
The years passed. Tony and Han
nah had three children, one boy and
two girls. These children, handsome
as their parents, grew up sharing
the isolation and ostracism of their
mother and father. The girls worked
at the Seminole camp sometimes, but
they were treated as servants and
social pariahs.
The boys name was Jim the
Jumper He was also known to the
white people around Okeechobee as
jim the Scrub, because he, at one
time, lived in a grove of scrub oak
near Lake Okeechobee and the city
of Okeechobee. Jim the Jumper de-
veloped into an exceedingly fine look
ing lad, tall and well built.
But when Jim the Jumper at
tempted to win the heart of fair
Fost-ch taw (Red Bird this was
another matter.
Ultimately and in spite of opposi-
ton, Jim the Jumper became bold
enough to ask Chief Tiger and the
parents of the girl to overlook his
ancestry and give him permission to
pay court to Red Bird, but it was
sternly refused. He was not a Semi
mole. Besides, he was not worthy OF
Red Birds hand. The Seminoles are
strict with their girls-they must
obtain the consent of their parents
to court and marry, and serious
social sin means instant death.
The Seminole girl, however, is sis
ter, under the skin, to girls of other
races, in one respect at least. She
likes to primp and has q certain