1. Neamathla probably spent his childhood in or near Fowltown, on the east bank of the lower Flint River, where the Hitchiti were concentrated.
11 Facts About Neamathla
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The Hitchiti were enthusiastic about the plan, begun by Tecumseh and joined by Neamathla, to create a pan-Indian confederation to prevent the whites from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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When Neamathla left to bring back more arms and ammunition from Negro Fort, Clinch started building Camp Crawford, later called Fort Scott.
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Neamathla then compelled Neamathla to make a humiliating appearance before him.
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Neamathla threatened Gaines with violence if he and his men crossed to the east bank of the Flint, which he considered the border of Spanish Florida.
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The result of the US Army raids, during which Neamathla was supposed to be captured and flogged, was that Black Seminoles came from some distance away to assist the Red Sticks.
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Neamathla reemerged in a new town called Cohowofooche on the site of modern Tallahassee, Florida.
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Neamathla objected but gave his grudging approval with the stipulation they not tell other Seminoles of his consent.
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Neamathla refused to live there, and relocated to what was left of the Creek nation.
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Neamathla was a remarkable man; upward of sixty years of age, about six feet high, with a fine eye, and a strongly marked countenance, over which he possessed great command.
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Neamathla seemed unwilling to acknowledge any superiority of rank or dignity in Governor Duval, claiming to associate with him on terms of equality, as two great chieftains.