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Post by Dietmar on Jun 2, 2008 15:46:50 GMT -5
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jun 3, 2008 11:20:47 GMT -5
Thank you, Dietmar! ;D
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Post by mammanem on Jul 12, 2008 16:17:21 GMT -5
That's a great site. My gg grandfather owned a trading post in the Big Cypress. I will get some photos together if anyone is interested.
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Post by mammanem on Jul 12, 2008 16:21:00 GMT -5
This is my uncle, Frank Brown, posing with friend Josie Billie. tinyurl.com/57b75f[Modified to fix link. -- Diane] |
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Post by clw on Jul 13, 2008 12:43:36 GMT -5
Great photo! Do you know what year it was taken? Love to see the others you mentioned.
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Post by Second on Mar 12, 2017 17:42:07 GMT -5
Great Photo Mammanem and welcome! Your Uncle, Frank Brown, did not mess around, he went straight to the top.
Josie Billie, son of Billie Cornpatch, is perhaps the best Medicine Maker of the Florida Seminoles/Miccosukees. Between Josie and his brother Ingraham they carried the Medicine Bundle for over 80 years. Josie passed the bundle to his brother after becoming a Baptist Minister.
His grandson Victor Billie, is an Independent living in Big Cypress. Independents do not accept government aid, nor dividends from the Tribe. Today,there are less than 50 Independents living the Old Ways.
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Post by Second on Mar 12, 2017 18:08:13 GMT -5
Great Photo Mammanem and welcome! Your Uncle, Frank Brown, did not mess around, he went straight to the top.
Josie Billie, son of Billie Cornpatch, is perhaps the best Medicine Maker of the Florida Seminoles/Miccosukees. Between Josie and his brother Ingraham they carried the Medicine Bundle for over 80 years. Josie passed the bundle to his brother after becoming a Baptist Minister.
His grandson Victor Billie, is an Independent living in Big Cypress. Independents do not accept government aid, nor dividends from the Tribe. Today,there are less than 50 Independents living the Old Ways.
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Post by grahamew on Oct 7, 2018 4:00:34 GMT -5
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Post by jones on Oct 17, 2018 16:59:48 GMT -5
A bit off topic, but the thing I find interesting about the Seminoles was their use of blowguns. nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/2140Small game and birds were often hunted with a blowgun. A hollowed piece of cane, 7 to 9 feet in length, would be used to make the blowgun. The darts were made of hardwood and would be 10 to 22 inches in length. The blowguns were accurate up to about 60 feet. No poison was used on the darts and larger animals were usually shot in the eye. |
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