State of Muskogee

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State of Muskogee
1799–1803
Flag of the State of Muskogee
Motto: Libertad o Muerte (Spanish) (English: "Liberty or Death")
Status	Republic
Capital	Mikasuke (near Tallahassee)
Largest city	N/A
Common languages	Spanish, English, Muskogean languages
Religion	Roman Catholic, Native American religions
Government	Free State
Director General
• 1799–1803	William Augustus Bowles
Legislature	Chamber of Deputies
History
• Independence declared	1799
• Capture of William Bowles	May 24 1803
Population
• 1799	50,000−60,000
Currency	USD
Preceded by Succeeded by United States New Spain United States

The State of Muskogee was a proclaimed sovereign nation located in Florida, founded in 1799 and led by William Augustus Bowles, a Loyalist veteran of the American Revolutionary War who lived among the Muscogee, and envisioned uniting the Native Americans of the Southeast into a single nation that could resist the expansion of the United States. Bowles enjoyed the support of the Miccosukee (Seminole) and several bands of Muscogee. He envisioned his state as eventually growing to encompass the Cherokee, Upper and Lower Creeks, Choctaw, and Chickasaw, in parts of present-day Georgia and Alabama.