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Florida Superintendency of Indian Affairs Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/17/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Cache is placed at Highlands Hammock State Park, the park is opened 365 days a year from 8 am until sunset.  Please pay the park admission fee at the Rangers Station.

History - The Florida Superintendency of Indian Affairs was established in 1824. This Superintendency was abolished in 1834, although some correspondence was filed under Florida Emigration and Florida Reserves as late as 1853.

Records for Superintendencies exist in the National Archives and copies of many of them are also available in other research facilities.

Tribes - Seminole

Governors and Ex Officio Superintendents - Andrew Jackson (provisional) March 31, 1821 and William DuVal; April 17, 1822

Agencies - Agencies and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same. Many of the records of genealogical value (for the tribe and tribal members) were created by and maintained by the agencies.

  • Apalachicola Subagency
  • Seminole or Florida Agency

Records - Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Florida Superintendency, 1824-1853, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the Family History Library and its family history centers on their microfilm roll numbers 1661016 thru 1661019.

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