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'''Kinache''' (c. 1750 – c. 1819) was a Seminole chieftain who commanded Seminole forces against the United States during the [[American Revolution]] and later during the [[First Seminole War]]. He is also known as '''''Kinhega''''', '''''Kinheja''''', '''''Kinhija''''', '''''Opie Mico''''', '''''Kapitca Mico''''', '''''Capichee Mico''''', '''''Tom Perryman''''' and '''''Lye Drop Mico''''' (the latter meaning ''"Far Off Warrior"'').
Kinache was a prominent chieftain among the Seminoles along the mouth of the [[Apalachicola River]] during the late eighteenth century when he allied with [[Great Britain]] during the American Revolution. Following Great Britain's defeat, Kinache moved to a Miccosukee village on the west side of [[Lake Miccosukee]], where he lived among the Seminole of western Florida. He was regarded as "king of the [[Miccosukee]]s".<ref name=Clavin>{{cite book
|title=The Battle of Negro Fort. The rise and fall of a fugitive slave community
|isbn=9781479811106
|first=Matthew J.
|last=Clavin
|location=New York
|year=2019
|publisher=[[New York University Press]]}}</ref>{{rp|48}} During 1800 until 1802, the area was used by [[Bolek]] as a base of operations in staging raids into Georgia.
During the [[War of 1812]], Kinache reportedly fought with British forces against General [[Andrew Jackson]] at the [[Battle of New Orleans]].
{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} Rear Admiral Codrington, in a letter to his wife dated 14 December 1814, describes meeting him.{{sfnp|Reilly|1974|p=222}}{{sfnp|Bourchier|1872|p=329}} In 1815, Kinache was part of the Seminole/Negro stronghold of [[Negro Fort]], and helped defend it against an attack by Colonel [[Duncan L. Clinch]], when US troops attempted to capture [[fugitive slaves|escaped slaves]] hiding among the Seminole. (See [[Battle of Negro Fort]].)
During the First Seminole War, Kinache commanded Miccosukee forces against the combined forces of American and Creeks under the command of Gen. [[William McIntosh]].  Although reportedly killed in battle while leading the Miccosukee in defense of their village, Kinache apparently survived the campaign, later escaping to the [[Bahamas]] before returning to Florida in 1819, where he died soon after.
==References==
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*{{Cite book|editor-last=Bourchier  |editor-first=Lady Jane |title=Memoir of the life of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington  |series=With selections from his public & private correspondence |others=Edited by his daughter Lady Bourchier  |year=1872 |publisher=Longmans Green |location=London |oclc=557819059  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTUBAAAAQAAJ}}
*Johansen, Bruce C. and David A. Grinde, Jr. ''The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography'', New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1997.
* {{Citation |last=Reilly |first=Robin |year=1974 |title=The British at the gates – the New Orleans campaign in the War of 1812 |location=New York |publisher=Putnam |oclc=839952 }}
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