Micco Nuppa

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Micco Nuppa means "High Chief," a title borne by the most powerful micco in the region. Called Micanopy by the Americans, his personal names were Sintchakee, "Pond-frequenter" and Halbutta Hajo, "Crazy Alligator." He was born about 1780 near the Spanish colonial town of St. Augustine on the Atlantic coast of Florida.

“Micanopy, or the Pond Governor, was the legitimate head of the Seminole nation, and the acknowledged chief of the Indians in Florida. He was about fifty years of age, very fat, and excessively lazy, which unfitted him for the active duties that devolved on him in an open warfare. Of this he was fully sensible, which inclined him to advocate peace, as far as policy and his personal safety would permit. This was so manifest, that the young men forced him into hostile acts.”

Sprague, John Titcomb. (1848). The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War. Library Reprints, Incorporated. p.97. ISBN 978-0-7222-0196-1

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