In the early years Seminole Indians were a common sight in Pompano, as Lorena Robson recounted in her 1974 history of the community:

Trading was done at the general store or trading post, which stood at the corner of what is now Flagler Avenue and N.E. First Street. Skins and furs were traded for cloth, beads and foodstuffs needed. While the traders bartered, other Indians sat under the lean-to shelter or squatted on the ground. All children were taught to say hello with the greeting -- "hum gaw."

After provisions and trinkets were secured, the procession, walking single file, returned to their dug-outs or boats hewn out of logs . . . and drifted and poled slowly back up what is known as the Pompano canal, where they remained in the Glades until ready to barter again.

This account was probably from the second decade of the twentieth century, as construction on the Pompano canal did not begin until 1912.