Mikasuki (Miccosukee) Chief Tommy Billie and His Son, Concho Billie, with Various Public Officials and Politicians During a Hunting Trip, 1929

Mikasuki (Miccosukee) Chief Tommy Billie and His Son, Concho Billie, with Various Public Officials and Politicians During a Hunting Trip, 1929

This image documents the increasing contact between ranking individuals of the South Florida Indians and prominent state officials. While this hunting party undoubtedly came to the Everglades for recreational purposes, this contact also had diplomatic implications for both parties.

Front row; L-R: Senator Ezekial Joseph Ethridge, Wallace Alderman (tax collector of Highlands County), Circuit Judge William J. Barker.

Second row kneeling; L-R: Guy M. Strayhorn (State Attorney), Ray Barnes (Game Warden of Bonita Springs.).

Standing: Circuit Judge George W. Whitehurst, Mikasuki Chief Tommy Billie, Concho Billie (son of Chief Tommy Billie)

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Image Number N031824, General Collection, State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.

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1929

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