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About Osceola
Osceola, named Billy Powell at birth, was an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a Scotsman, James McQueen. He was reared by his mother in the Creek (Muscogee) tradition. When he was a child, they migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees, led by a relative, Peter McQueen, after their group's defeat in 1814 in the Creek Wars. There they became part of what was known as the Seminole people.
Everything about Osceola →- Occupation
- politician, traditional leader or chief
- Position held
- traditional leader or chief
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1804
- Died
- January 30, 1838