"Negroes, &c., captured from Indians in Florida": House Doc. 225, Tampa and the Seminole towns

SUMMARY"Negroes, &c., captured from Indians in Florida": House Doc. 225, Tampa and the Seminole towns (TikTok by Savaniqué Divinè, sent by Tito Nov 7, 2026; 11 screenshots in receipts/2026-11-07_doc225-tiktok). THE DOCUMENT, Record: House of Representatives Document No. 225, 25th Congress, 3rd Session, a letter from the Secretary of War transmitting "information required by a resolution of the House... respecting the disposition of Negroes and other Property captured from hostile Indians during the present war in Florida," read February 27, 1839 (full PDF on govinfo, Serial Set 348). On screen: (1) A report from "Headquarters, Army of the South, Fort Jupiter (E. F.), March 15, 1838" to C. A. Harris, Commissioner of Indian Affairs: "seventeen more Indian negroes and five slaves have come in and surrendered themselves"; the "slaves" went to St. Augustine to their owner, a Mr. Depeyster, and "the Indian negroes are in this camp, and will be sent to Tampa... for emigration to the West." The writer judged that "not more than fifty negroes" remained in the nation, few of them "the property of white people." (2) The RECAPITULATION: 5 Indians and 132 Negroes, 137 in all, matching the National Archives list "A list of 132 Negroes and 5 Seminoles sent from Fort Jupiter to Tampa Bay for emigration to the West, 1838." (3) The REGISTRY's column is headed "Tribe, town, or owner." People are listed under Seminole towns and leaders: Micanopy, Jumper, Ho-lah-loo-chee, Mic-co-po-to-ka, Sa-uath-ith-ka, Na-a-scholy-katta, John Hicks, Harriet Bowlegs. Remarks include "the commander of the negro force on the Withlacoochee; the chief counsellor among the negroes, and the most important character" (this matches Abraham, Micanopy's interpreter and counselor; confirm the name in the full PDF); "Most intrepid and hostile warriors"; "the best guide in the nation"; "Mother and children, raised with the Indians"; "Father, (one of the most important and influential characters among the Indian negroes)." Deaths listed in May 1837. (4) A separate "list and descriptive roll of refugee and captured slaves belonging to Colo[nel]... Florida, who are in possession of the Seminole," with complexion written as Black, Brown or Yellowish. (5) The cover of the Treaty with the Choctaws (Dancing Rabbit Creek), September 27, 1830

PATTERNthe War Department wrote one category, "Indian negroes," people of the Seminole towns, warriors, counselors and guides, family "raised with the Indians," and listed them by town under a column that also says "owner"; they were shipped out through TAMPA (Fort Brooke) to Indian Territory

LENS (Tito; house style)people of the nation papered as "negro" property

OPENthe creator's claim about a treaty "passed on blacks being indigenous" isn't on these screenshots; Dancing Rabbit Creek's Article 14 (Choctaws who stayed could become citizens) needs checking against what she says. Ties: P822 (captive routes), Fort Brooke (Book 4), Black Seminole towns (Fable prompt, Nov 7).