Abiaca | |
|---|---|
| Medicine chief and war chief, Miccosukee leader | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1760 Georgia |
| Died | c. 1860 (aged 99–100) Florida |
| Spouse | Itee (born c. 1790) |
| Children | Rebecca Jones (1817–1898), wife of Ephraim Miles Mitchell |
| Known for | Fought in Second Seminole War, resulting in the permanent Native American presence in Florida. |
| Nickname | Sam Jones |
Ar-pi-uck-i, also known as Abiaka or Sam Jones,[1] (c. 1760 – c. 1860) was a powerful spiritual alektca (medicine chief) and war chief of the Miccosukee,[2] a Seminole–Muscogee Creek tribe of the Southeast United States. Ar-pi-uck-i successfully defied the U.S. government and refused to remove to the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi and his influential leadership in the Second Seminole War (1835–1842) resulted in the permanent Native American presence in Florida.
- ^ "Treaty With The Seminole, May 9, 1832. | 7 Stat., 368. |Proclamation, April 12, 1834.Indian Affairs: Laws And Treaties Vol. II, Treaties, compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904. page images: 344, 345". Archived from the original on October 5, 2006. Retrieved October 27, 2006.
- ^ archaic: Mikasuki, Mickasooke
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