Yesterday, I was videotaping in Seminole County (Florida) when I stumbled upon this sign at a secluded spot near Lake Monroe. I climbed the old steps and looked around. Then, I realized I was standing on the graves of long dead Seminole Indians. I paid my respects and skedaddled.
View from the mound
Although, not the most exciting thing I’ve ever encountered, it is a piece of American history and I have the utmost respect for that.
Categories: History · Human Interest
Tagged: American History, American Indian, Indian, Indian Burial Ground, Indian Burial Mound, Indian Mound, Native Americans, Seminole, Seminole Indians
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12 responses so far ↓
Ina // January 7, 2009 at 9:50 am
America has a lot more history than we learn at school. Seminoles, do they still live there?
Marinade Dave // January 7, 2009 at 10:00 am
Yes, they do. As a matter of fact, they own a couple of casinos in Florida.
Ina // January 7, 2009 at 10:17 am
That is nice! Did you ever win anything?
Marinade Dave // January 7, 2009 at 10:26 am
I’ve never been to one.
weezie10 // January 15, 2009 at 6:29 pm
What’s the history of the Seminole? If they are into casinos, obviously they aren’t extinct. Pretty smart lot those Indians. In Canada, it seems that 90 percent of the casinos are owned by the Indian. They also get most everything free from our Govt., they also deal in tobacco, and booze. I mean DEAL. so the Govt. that helps them are in pursuit of them as well. Don’t get me wrong. I think they were scammed and mistreated by our Govt. so what goes around comes around.
Weezie
Marinade Dave // January 15, 2009 at 8:44 pm
The Seminoles are not all dead, of course. I guess the reservations, tax free tobacco and booze, and the casinos are paybacks for how we treated them. I’m not sure about the history. I grew up in NJ. We had different Indians. The Lenni Lenape. They were very peaceful.
Ina // January 16, 2009 at 6:40 pm
That link had a page with jokes, one about an Indian talking in his sleep. So I took it to Debbie
Margie // October 23, 2009 at 11:55 pm
I am a member of the Seminole tribe of Florida. I am from Brighton Reservation just north of Okeechobee (okee=water chobee=big). I am in my fifties. My children taught me to use their computer. To see tribal pictures from 1856-1994 please go to my fickr site where there are 24 pages of photos to see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30398428@N07/
rosemerrie // October 30, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Those are great photos. Do you know if archeologists are studying it or is it being completely left alone?
Margie- You have some interesting photos. I’m going to bookmark your link if you don’t mind.
Marinade Dave // October 30, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Rosemerrie – Thanks to you, I n0w see Margie’s comment. It must have slipped right through the cracks.
I don’t know if archeologists ever touched it or not. It appeared to me to have been left the way it was originally. My guess is that there are distinguishing signs, like a small hill in the middle of nowhere. It was just off a lake, too. By all means, bookmark it and do whatever you want with the photographs. You have my permission. Thanks for complimenting the quality. They were shot with a cheap digital camera.
Margie – I’m sorry I missed your comment. I will go and look at your flickr images. Thank you for finding me, giving us a little lesson and sharing your pictures. I should probably go back there soon and shoot a video. Maybe I’ll call the Seminole County history center first.
rosemerrie // November 5, 2009 at 8:41 am
Feel free to delete this comment.
I do have a blog on wordpress so I don’t know why my name is not appearing as a link to it. It’s a Florida History blog. Here is the address: http://beyondtourism.wordpress.com
Again I hope you don’t mind that I am leaving my blog address here. Thanks!
Marinade Dave // November 5, 2009 at 10:10 am
Hi, rosemerrie – Your link is fine here. No problem. Anything to help support tourism in Florida.