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Show GIVE MEED OF PRAISE TO OLD INDIAN CHIEFS Many of Them Possessed of Rare Qualities of Virtue and Pa'rio'ism Invariably Unjustly Treated by the White Rulers Two Noted Examples. young men were on a raid into Georgia, Geor-gia, Capt. Sprague of the American staff, says: "On the 9th of September, Septem-ber, 1837, he, with a small detachment, assaulted the camp of King Philip, a noted Seminole chief of distinguished intelligence and great influence, and took him with eleven of his tribe, prisoner;. This led to the surrender of Caocoochee, the son of King Philip, who had received a message from his father, earnestly desiring to see and confer with him. He came showing a white plume. It Is without fear of successful contradiction con-tradiction that the claim is made for conspicuous virtues and patriotism for the race of Indian chiefs who ruled the east coast of Florida from Fernandina to Miami until the arms and the arts of the white man proved too strong for their people. . In the beginning of our knowledge of them Satouriona was most kind and courteous, courte-ous, liberal and dignified, so that Spanish don and French courtier agreed in singing his praises, if nothing noth-ing else. To Menendez and to Ri-bault Ri-bault he was alike generous and helpful help-ful and both repaid him with ingratitude ingrati-tude Menendez in person and Ri-. bault through his lieutenant Laudon-niere. Laudon-niere. When the Spaniards slaughtered slaugh-tered the Frenchmen the Indian showed good policy as well as conspicuous con-spicuous bravery in setting the two at each others' throats without Olo-toraca Olo-toraca De Gourgues would have failed fail-ed in his attempt at revenge. Through all the years that followed there was an open war-or armed truce between the Indians of the east coast and the Spaniards several times the city of St. Augustine was threatened with ruin from their desperate des-perate assaults. So when the wrongs of another race of white men again called for vengeance and the Floridian was summoned to meet his ancient enemy, the Seminole, with a view to common action, the responsibility of his race devolved on E-mat-la, called King Philip, because of the unfitness in mind and body of Micanopy. But King Philip also was old and he and his knew what it was to go out against superior weapons and unequal un-equal resources. Therefore, when the summons to the great council came Ematla sent for his counsellors to gather abefut his sick bed. To them and to his son, Caocoochee, he E-Mat-La, King Philip, Second Chie of the Semiholes. waving a pipe of peace and entered the American line under a flag of truce but he was made prisoner. Subsequently " he escaped and fought on, telling his men they could expect as little faith as mercy from the whites. His father "died in prison shortly after Catlin drew the portrait given here. ' There came a time when Caocoochee Caocoo-chee despaired of successful resistance, resist-ance, when his women and children were starving then he offered to go West. But when told that he must go without the negroes who r?M3ms,itM ft A chief addressing his warriors, who are armed, painted, plumed, and ready to march against the erjemy. Drawn from life by Jacob le Moyne, In 1564. gave strict charge to stand for peace at any cost to fight was but to hasten the ruin of his people. In good faith they promised to obey, and Caocoochee was to repeat his words in the ears of the old men who guided his people. But they were overruled. When the counsellors returned and Caocoochee told his father, he rose from his sick bed and began to prepare. pre-pare. Through the long war it was his part to feed the warriors that jCaocoochee led the people of the would be sold to the planters, ha promptly declared that, having promised prom-ised freedom to these if they would fight with his people, he was ready now to die with them, rather than break his word. He went back to the woods and fought on. At last he was captured again and sent to Tampa. Col. Worth demanded demand-ed that he order his men to surrender if they would not come in he was to be hanged. Caocoochee sent the message his warriors came in and all were sent West Col. Worth risking censure to send with them the negroes the chief had before refused to desert. Let the rest be told in the words of Congressman Giddings: "On the 21st day of May (which is the same moon with June, according to the Indian calendar) Wildcat and his brother, together with an uncle, the brother of his father. King Philip, and twelve other Indians and three . exiles (runaway negroes) came into Fort Pierce where Col. Childs was in command. Wildcat and his friends had reposed perfect confidence in the hon-or hon-or and good faith of Gen. Worth. He had been betrayed by Gen. Hernandez, acting under Gen. Jessup's orders; had been Imprisoned and suffered much, but from the manner and bearing bear-ing of Gen. Worth he had been led to repose the most implicit confidence in his . sincerity. Col. Childs, however, punctilious in his obedience to orders, or-ders, at once seized and sent him and his companions in irons to Tampa Bay, where they were immediately placed on board a transport and sent to New Orleans, en route to Fort Gibson. "It is due Worth to say that the order or-der to seize the Indians was issued by Arminstead without Worth's knowledge. knowl-edge. But Worth had -them returned- ; from New Orleans to Tampa - and threatened to hang the prisoners unless un-less the free warriors surrendered also." Caocoochee (Wildcat.) east coast fell wherever there was bloodshed. Finally Gen. Hernandez was given orders to bring the war to an end, and he knew that the people of Ematla Emat-la were -the link In the chain he must break the Muscogees did not belong to the land and could not keep the warriors together except as Caocoochee Caocoo-chee gave him support While the |