See also:

• OSCEOLA (a corruption of the Seminole As-se-he-ho-lar, meaning black drink) (c. 1804—1838)

OSCEOLA (a corruption of the See also:

• SEMINOLE
• SEMINOLE (properly Simanoli, " renegade," " runaway," in allusion to their secession from the Creek confederacy)

Seminole As-se-he-ho-See also:

• LAR

lar, meaning See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black drink) (c. 1804—1838)  , a See also:

• SEMINOLE
• SEMINOLE (properly Simanoli, " renegade," " runaway," in allusion to their secession from the Creek confederacy)

Seminole See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDIAN

Indian, See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in the second Seminole See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, near the Chattahoochee See also:

• RIVER

river . His See also:

• FATHER

father was an Englishman named See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• POWELL, FREDERICK YORK (1850-1904)
• POWELL, GEORGE (c. 1658-1714)
• POWELL, JOHN WESLEY (1834–1902)
• POWELL, VAVASOR (1617-1670)

Powell; his See also:

• MOTHER

mother a See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek of the Red Stick or Mikasuki See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division . In 18o8 he removed with his mother into See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida . When the See also:

• UNITED

United States commissioners negotiated with the Seminole chiefs the See also:

• TREATIES

treaties of See also:

• PAYNE, PETER (c. 138o-1455)

Payne's Landing (9th of May 1832) and Fort See also:

• GIBSON, CHARLES DANA (1867- )
• GIBSON, EDMUND (1669-1748)
• GIBSON, JOHN (1790-1866)
• GIBSON, THOMAS MILNER (1806-1884)
• GIBSON, WILLIAM HAMILTON (1850-1896)

Gibson (28th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1833) for the removal of the Seminoles to See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas, See also:

• OSCEOLA (a corruption of the Seminole As-se-he-ho-lar, meaning black drink) (c. 1804—1838)

Osceola seized the opportunity to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead the opposition of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young warriors, and declared to the U.S. See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Wiley Thomp- son, that any See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief who prepared to remove would be killed . At the Agency (Fort See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King, in See also:

• MARION
• MARION, FRANCIS (1732-1795)
• MARION, HENRI FRANCOIS (1846-1896)

Marion See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county) he became more violent, and in the summer of 1835 See also:

• THOMPSON
• THOMPSON, FRANCIS (1860-1907)
• THOMPSON, LAUNT (1833-1894)
• THOMPSON, SIR HENRY, BART
• THOMPSON, SIR JOHN SPARROW (1844-1894)
• THOMPSON, THOMAS PERONNET (1783-1869)
• THOMPSON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (18ro–1886)

Thompson put him in irons . From this confinement he obtained his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release by a profession of penitence and of willingness to emigrate . See also:

• LATE

Late in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1835 he murdered Charley Emathla (or Emartla), a chief who was preparing to emigrate with his See also:

• PEOPLE

people, and on the 28th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December he and a few companions shot and killed General Thompson . On the same See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day two companies of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry under See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis L . Dade were massacred at the Wahoo Swamp near the Withlacoochee river, while marching from Fort See also:

• BROOKE, FRANCES (1724-1789)
• BROOKE, FULKE OREVILLE, 1ST BARON (1554-1628)
• BROOKE, HENRY (c. 1703-1783)
• BROOKE, SIR JAMES (1803-1868)
• BROOKE, STOPFORD AUGUSTUS (1832– )

Brooke on See also:

• TAMPA

Tampa See also:

• BAY

Bay to the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of Fort King . In a See also:

• BATTLE

battle fought three days later at a See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

ford of the Withlacoochee, Osceola was at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro detachment, and although the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians and negroes were repulsed by troops under General See also:

• DUNCAN
• DUNCAN, ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST VISCOUNT (1731-1804)
• DUNCAN, PETER MARTIN (1824-1891)
• DUNCAN, THOMAS (1807—1845)

Duncan L . Clinch (1787–1849), they continued, with Osceola as their most crafty and determined leader, to See also:

• MURDER

murder and devastate, and occasionally to engage the troops . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1836 General See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund P .

Gaines (1777–1849), with about Iroo men from New See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans, marched from Fort Brooke to Fort King . When he attempted to return to Fort Brooke, because there were not the necessary provisions at Fort King, the Indians disputed his passage across the Withlacoochee . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year Generals See also:

• WINFIELD

Winfield See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott and See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard K . See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

Call (1791–1862) conducted See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns against them with little effect, and the year closed with General See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney See also:

• JESUP, MORRIS KETCHUM (1830-1908)

Jesup (1788–186o) in command with 8000 troops at his disposal . With mounted troops General Jesup drove the enemy from the Withlacoochee See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and was pursuing them southward toward the See also:

• EVERGLADES

Everglades when several chiefs expressed a readiness to treat for See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . In a See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference at Fort Dade on the Withlacoochee on the 6th of March 1837 they agreed to cease hostilities, to withdraw See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the Hillsborough river, and to prepare for See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration to Arkansas, and gave hostages to bind them to their agreement . But on the 2nd of See also:

• JUNE

June Osceola came to the See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp at the head of about 20o Mikasuki (Miccosukees) and effected the See also:

• FLIGHT

flight of all the Indians there, about 700 including the hostages, to the Everglades . Hostilities were then resumed, but in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September Brigadier General See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph M . Hernandez captured several chiefs, and a few days later there came from Osceola a See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request for an interview . This was granted, and by command of General Jesup he was taken See also:

• CAPTIVE (from Lat. capere, to take)

captive at a given See also:

• SIGNAL

signal and carried to Fort See also:

• MOULTRIE, WILLIAM (1730-1805)

Moultrie, at See also:

• CHARLESTON

Charleston, South Carolina, where he died in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1838 . The war continued until 1842, but after Osceola's See also:

• DEATH

death the Indians sought to avoid battle with the See also:

• REGULAR

regular troops and did little but attack the unarmed inhabitants . See J .

T . Sprague, The Origin, Progress and Conclusion of the Florida War (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1848) .