Billy 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 the Seminoles' last major resistance against the United States government. With the possibilities of military victory dwindling, he finally agreed to relocate with his people to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in 1858. As part of the settlement, he was paid $6,500 plus $1,000 each for the subchiefs and $100 each for the women and children who went with him.^[3] He is buried in Hughes County, Oklahoma.^{[citation needed]}

^ "Chief Billy Bowlegs" Archived February 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Reclaiming the Everglades: Everglades Biographies, Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials, Florida International University
^ Francis Samuel Drake (1872). Dictionary of American Biography, Including Men of the Time: Containing Nearly Ten Thousand Notices of Persons of Both Sexes, of Native and Foreign Birth, who Have Been Remarkable, Or Prominently Connected with the Arts, Sciences, Literature, Politics, Or History of the American Continent ... J.R. Osgood. pp. 111–. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
^ Abner Doubleday (1998). My Life in the Old Army: The Reminiscences of Abner Doubleday : from the Collections of the New-York Historical Society. TCU Press. p. 353. ISBN 978-0-87565-185-9.

[1] "Chief Billy Bowlegs" Archived February 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Reclaiming the Everglades: Everglades Biographies, Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials, Florida International University

[Drake1872-2] Francis Samuel Drake (1872). Dictionary of American Biography, Including Men of the Time: Containing Nearly Ten Thousand Notices of Persons of Both Sexes, of Native and Foreign Birth, who Have Been Remarkable, Or Prominently Connected with the Arts, Sciences, Literature, Politics, Or History of the American Continent ... J.R. Osgood. pp. 111–. Retrieved November 16, 2012.

[3] Abner Doubleday (1998). My Life in the Old Army: The Reminiscences of Abner Doubleday : from the Collections of the New-York Historical Society. TCU Press. p. 353. ISBN 978-0-87565-185-9.

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