[5][self-published source] When the war ended, his Seminole band was one of the few that remained in Florida.

A contemporary, John Sprague, wrote that Tustenuggee died immediately after arriving in New Orleans on his way west.

Alternatively, others claim that rather than leave Florida, Tustenuggee committed suicide in Fort Myers by swallowing powdered glass.

[7] Another author stated that Tustenuggee never left Florida and evaded capture because U.S. troops found a body that resembled the chief but was not him (the body was reportedly disfigured from a drunken brawl, thus making identification difficult).

[8] The last report was an obituary from the Tallahassee Floridian, published in October 1881, which stated that Tiger Tail died at about the age of 90 somewhere near Miami the previous month.