Tamasle, or Tamatles, was originally a Yamassee town, but had been at least partly assimilated into Muscogee culture and language by this time.
Yellow Hair had been the principal chief over five towns, but by the time the United States acquired Florida, he had been replaced by John Blunt.
[4] At the 1823 conference that resulted in the Treaty of Moultrie Creek, Neamathla, whose town was then located between Lake Miccosukee and Tallahassee, was chosen by the Seminoles and other peoples in Florida as their chief negotiator.
[5] Neamathla's people were assigned a reservation of 2 square miles (5.2 km2) on Rocky Comfort Creek, the site of Emathloochee's Tophulga.
Seminole chiefs on the main reservation in Florida were pressured or tricked into signing the Treaty of Payne's Landing in 1832, which called for their removal to west of the Mississippi River.
[8] Later in 1832, the United States negotiated a treaty with John Blunt and Davy, successor to Tuski Hadjo, for the people of Yawolla, or Iola, to give up their reservation in Florida and move west of the Mississippi.
In 1833, the United States negotiated separate treaties with Mulatto King (Vacapasacy) and Tustenuggy Hajo, successor to Emathlochee, and with Econchatimico, for their people to also give up their reservations in Florida and move west of the Mississippi.
Small bands of people in the Florida panhandle, called Creeks, Seminoles, or Apalachicolas, were captured in the late 1830s and also sent west to the Indian Territory.