Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tae mai a Steele ki Tampa i te tau 1830 ka whakamahere i te taone nui. I te wā i tae mai ai a Steele, he kāinga iti noa iho a Tampa. I tūtohu a Steele kia noho he rohe ki reira, ā, i mea kia noho a Tampa hei nohoanga rohe. I whakaponohia e Steele nga hoa e mohio ana ia ki te State Capitol, Tallahassee, a i hangaia e ia te rohe 8,580 maero tapawha o te whenua mo Hillsborough County. I roto i te
I te Pakanga Seminole, i whakawhiwhia a Steele ki te tūranga o te rangatira pou i Fort Brooke. I tonoa ia ki te tuku i nga korero mo te Whakamate a Dade mai i Fort Brooke ki te kawana. I whakakahoretia e te kāwanatanga tana papa taone, nā te mea i whakaurua ki ngā rawa o Fort Brooke.