Billie Bowlegs fought in the second Seminole War and he was the most prominent figure and leader in the third Seminole War. His Muskogee name is Holata Micco meaning Alligator Chief. After the second Seminole War he was taken to Washington to impress on him the power and might of the U.S. government. He and his people lived in relative peace until his territory was encroached upon by civil engineers who cut downs trees to make buildings, including banana trees. Thus provoked him into action. The government had difficulty suppressing his guerrilla like warfare. They offered him and his people money to relocate to Indian Territory, which they did 1858.
