Bolek (died 1819), also spelled as Boleck or Bolechs, and known as Bowlegs by European Americans, was a Seminole principal chief, of the Alachua (Oconee) chiefly line.
He was the younger brother of King Payne, who succeeded their father Cowkeeper (known to the Seminole as Ahaya) as leading or principal chief in Florida.
Bolek was designated as a village or itwála chief while a young man; he was based on the Suwannee River, near present-day Old Town, FL.
[2] An expedition by Colonel John Williams the following year destroyed hundreds of Seminole villages and captured numerous horses and cattle.
John's younger brother, Jim Jumper, succeeded as principal chief, leading the Seminole in Indian Territory until after the American Civil War, when the United States government began to interfere with tribal succession.