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Fifth Annual Kissimmee Slough Shootout & Rendezvous

By Paula Cassels
BIG CYPRESS — On Feb. 1-2, the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum hosted the 5th Annual Kissimmee Slough Shootout & Rendezvous. The battle reenactment was representative of a 1830’s skirmish between the Seminoles and the U.S. Army, using authentic weapons, traditional Seminole attire, and military tactics of the period.
The stage for the Seminole War reenactment battle was held on a large clearing beside the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum.
A few hundred attendees looked on as the Shootout reenactment began with a bang from a Seminole warrior's blackpowder gun, then an explosion from a nearby military cannon.
Dirt and smoke covered the scene as the battle continued, the government soldiers dressed in military blues advanced into the Everglades attempting to capture, kill or scatter the Seminole warriors.
The Seminole warriors, watching the U.S. military soldiers, waited for the right moment to attack.
Two Seminole warriors in a canoe emerged from the small stream at the back of the clearing. Explosions went off in the water from the military cannon, another blackpowder gun went off as the Seminoles warriors started their attack.
Tribal members Moses Jumper and Happy Jumper led the attack on horseback. As they charged the government soldiers, the rest of the Seminole band followed behind them on foot.
The U.S. government soldiers stood in a line, shooting their blackpowder guns, and the Seminoles showed the soldiers they were ready to fight as they engaged in a shootout.
When the smoke cleared, a few warriors were down, but all of the U.S. government soldiers lay dead, a day of victory for the Seminole warriors.