Show OSCEOLA THE SEMINOLE THE INDIAN HAMLET all great indians osceola AL AMONG yahola black drink hal loer Is the most romantic A picturesquely tures quely dressed figure his dark gloomy eyes gleaming beneath a turban decorated with three drooping ostrich plumes lie he moves across the stage of 0 indian adlan history a red hamlet osceola was the principal leader in ID the seminole war of 1835 which originated in a treaty made in 1821 1 it provided ded for the immediate cession of the Semi seminole seminoles noles best beet lands in florida and their removal west of the mississippi at the end of twenty years when trouble over its execution developed tn in 1832 the Semi seminoles noles were were offered an other treaty requiring their removal within three years although seven chiefs accepted the treaty osceola and the younger leaders declaring that they had been deceived refused to sign they carried their protest to washington but president jackson was determined that they must go west in a council with general thompson tile tha lindlau agent osceola proved that he wait waa equally determined Itu rushing shing up to the table on which the treaty lay ini he plunged his knife clear through the paper and deep into the wood and exclaimed passionately the only treaty I 1 will execute Is ith THIS after a second unsuccessful conference general thompson ordered osceola thrown into prison in irons then lie agreed to sign but he was only temporizing tor for the humiliation had aroused the tiger in tho the seminol Ls heart and he resolved on war in tile sun summer luler of 1835 be surrounded soldiers under major dado dade sent against tile indians and killed every mn except three on tho the same lay day iiii hn shot don general thompson then he loosed a storm of destruction upon the settlers ot of florida when ast haholos name Is whispered the white man shakes with the ow swamp ami ague and his gun drops to the ground was the beast of one of ills his chiefs four generals were sent successively to conquer the Semi seminoles noles and all of the them M failed then general jesup took command maddened by the popular outcry tor for decisive action jesup summoned osee osce ola to a conference under a ilag flag of truce and in violation or of the most si sn cred emblem in war he be detained the chief and put him lit in prison osceola was ant n t t to port lort moultrie S C here his proud spirit broken by the kanaet of his capture and his lie he tiled died ir IE Jk nuary 1833 |