The seven Seminole chiefs, after touring the…

The seven Seminole chiefs, after touring the area for several months and conferring with the Creeks who had already been settled in Indian Territory, had signed a statement on March 28, 1833, that the new land was acceptable.

Upon their return to Florida, however, most of the chiefs had renounced the statement, claiming that they had not signed it, or that they had been forced to sign it, and in any case, that they do not have the power to decide for all the tribes and bands that resided on the reservation.

The villages in the area of the Apalachicola River are more easily persuaded, however, and go west in 1834.