The Seminoles built their houses in a unique way, and the houses were built the way they were for good reasons. Until the Indian Removal Act of 1830 went into effect, the Seminoles of North Florida built log cabin type homes. When the Seminoles retreated south, they needed new structures. Because the indians were hunted, they needed homes that they could destroy easily. The homes also needed to be suitable for life in the swamps. The Seminoles eventually invented the perfect homes for their circumstance. They called it the “chickee.” Chickees were raised off the ground to protect the indians from dangerous wetland creatures. They pressed cypress logs into the ground and used them to hold up a platform. The chickee didn’t have walls