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Show Life Among the Seminoles The advent of the CCC was a great event in the lives of the Florida Seminoles after the Indian Division was established. The braves can now work at improving improv-ing their camps and bn paid for it. These pictures, loaned by Dwieht Gardin, Seminole agent at Ft. Lauderdale, Ha., show how the tribes live. Right: Despite the Mongolian cast of her features, little Frances Fran-ces Jumper is pure Cow Creek Seminole. ornut'S care noio work at improving improv-ing their cam ps and bn paid for , it. These pictures, loaned by ..y r , Dwieht Gardin, Seminole agent i - ; :.-v .:, .. ::;.., !j at ft. Lauderdale, Ha., show . : j V ; m , ; how the tribes live. s Right: Despite the Mongolian 1 , j , cast of her features, little Fran- ;h s - i ees Jumper is pure Cow Creek 5 s Seminole. c ' r?4 Cf f. 4 TV,' .,-.'.! . s i :t Susie Tiger, above, of the important im-portant Seminole Tiger clan, is grinding corn. The mortar she is using may be. as old as she is. It was hollowed from cypress. (In circle) Patriarch Billy Buster squats before his lonely fire. As a young man he killed his brother, and is noiv an outcast out-cast by tribal decree. Ready to dip into her sofskee pot for a sample is this Miccacuki Seminole matron. This is not madame's kitchen, however, for the whole clan cooks in it. The three pots in the fire mean that three families will partake of the next "meal here. Left : Five top hands among the Seminole cowboys ride out through the cabbage palm ha m-mock m-mock to inspect in-spect their herds. They have become expert cattlemen. ,.r.fjt v h fiih if 4 31 1 a v - ' W ! , 3 i I i Represenianves of the Great White Father who care for the Seminoles. Left, rear, is Dan Murphy, who heads the Indian department de-partment for the CCC, while just behind the pot is John Collier, commissioner of Indian affairs. At a quiet pool in a big cypress swamp Mrs. George Osceola and her two sons are busy washing clothes. They waded to this spot. |