Meet me under the Chickee
by Edward Fielding
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Meet me under the Chickee
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Edward Fielding
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Photograph - Photography
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Sunset off the coast of Fort Myers as seen from a Chickee hut. Fine art photography by Edward M. Fielding - www.edwardfielding.com
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Chikee or Chickee ("house" in the Creek and Mikasuki languages spoken by the Seminoles and Miccosukees) is a shelter supported by posts, with a raised floor, a thatched roof and open sides. Chickees are also known as chickee huts, stilt houses, or platform dwellings. The chickee style of architecture—palmetto thatch over a bald cypress log frame—was adopted by Seminoles during the Second (1835–42) and Third (1855-58) Seminole Wars as U.S. troops pushed them deeper into the Everglades and surrounding territory. Before the Second Seminole War, the Seminoles had lived in log cabins.[1] Similar structures were used by the tribes in south Florida when the Spanish first arrived in the 16th century.[2] Each chickee had its own purpose and together they were organized within a camp-type community. Chickees were used for cooking, sleeping, and eating.
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April 22nd, 2014
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