 Seminole chief Billy Bowlegs during his visit to Washington D.C. Image by Unknown authorUnknown author, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Billy ElderBilly Bowlegs Billy Bowlegs 19th-century Seminole chief and military leader This article is about the Seminole chief of the 2nd and 3rd Seminole Wars. For the Bowlegs from the 1st Seminole War, see Bolek. For the Civil War Billy Bowlegs, see Sonuk Mikko. For a later tribal elder, see Billy Bowlegs III. For other uses of the name Bowlegs, see Bowlegs. Holata Micco (a Muscogee name translated as Alligator Chief, also spelled Halpatter-Micco, Halbutta Micco, Halpuda Mikko; known in English as Chief Billy Bowlegs or Billy Bolek; c. 1810 – 1859)[1][2] was a leader of the Seminoles in Florida during the Second Seminole War and was the remaining Seminole's most prominent chief during the Third Seminole War, when he led… (Source: Wikipedia)
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