The Seminole Indians of Florida / Clay MacCauley ; with a new introduction by William C. Sturtevant ; foreword by Jerald T. Milanich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacCauley, Clay, 1843-1925.

Series:

Southeastern classics in archaeology, anthropology, and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seminole Indians--History.

Seminole Indians.

History.

Seminole Indians--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

lii pages, 471 unnumbered pages-531 pages : illustrations, map, music ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2000]

Summary:

This classic portrait of the Seminole people, written at a time when their way of life was virtually unknown to the rest of the world, was originally published by the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of Ethnology in 1889.

In 1881, Reverend Clay MacCauley was asked by the bureau "to inquire into the condition and to ascertain the number" of the Seminole Indians of Florida. MacCauley, an anthropologist but without formal training in ethnology, spent three months in south Florida. When published six years later, his report was hailed by John Wesley Powell, director of the bureau, as "the first ethnologic exploration of the Seminoles of Florida ever attempted."

The report describes Seminole clothing and ornaments, the palm-thatched chickees in which families lived, economic pursuits, crafts, and other aspects of everyday life. Supplementing MacCauley's report in this edition are additional materials and photographs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xiv-xv).

Originally published: Washington, 1887, In U.S. Bureau of American ethnology, Fifth annual report, 1883-84.

ISBN:

0813017920

OCLC:

43708657