Hogtown, Florida

Under the terms of the treaty, Chief John Mico received $20 as compensation for the "improvements" the Seminoles had made in Hogtown.

[5][6] The 1832 Treaty of Payne's Landing required the Seminoles in Florida to move to west of the Mississippi River after three years.

In June 1835 there occurred an incident called the "Murder of Hogtown" (not to be confused with a work of fiction so titled[7]): A party of seven or eight Seminoles were hunting off of their reservation which ended near what is now Ocala, FL.

Indian Agent Wiley Thompson demanded the surrender of the surviving Seminoles, and they were turned over to government custody for trial.

[8][9][10][11] Following the start of the Second Seminole War in late December 1835, white settlers throughout Florida left their homes or took steps to protect themselves.