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Show Our Most Humiliating War. Ab wo havo said, but for Osco-ola Osco-ola thoro would never havo been any Somtnolo war at all. and all things conslder.ed, his career marks tho most humiliating war tho United States ovor engaged In, says a writer hi tho Outing Magazine Thero wero less thnn 0,000 Somlnolcs, mon, women and children In all Florida, when hostilities hos-tilities began with the murder of Oon. Thompson by Osceola. That great chief's cunning, capacity and courago had cost the nation no less thanf 30,000,-000 30,000,-000 and tho llvos of threo soldlors for overy Indian bravo that he led. Such an appalling record of destruction stands against no othor fighter on all our frontiers. |