Osceola
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Osceola, named Billy Powell at birth, was an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a Scotsman, James McQueen. He was reared by hi
Portrait by George Catlin, 1838
Historical monument honoring Osceola near his birthplace in Tallassee, Alabama.
"The Wife and Child of Osceola" from Holden's Dollar Magazine, volume 6, no. 4 (October 1850): 591–592.
The Sedgeford Hall Portrait, once believed to represent Matoaka (Pocahontas) and her son, has been re-identified as being Pe-o-ka (wife of Osceola) and their son.
Second Seminole War
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The Second Seminole War, also known as the Florida War, was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between the United States and groups of people collectively known as Seminoles, consisting of Creek
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…There they became part of what was known as the Seminole people. In 1836, Osceola led a small group of warriors in the Seminole resistance during the Second Seminole War, when the United States tried to remove the tribe from their lands in Florida to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. He became an adviser…
Rampage during the Second Seminole War.
This view of a Seminole village shows the log cabins they lived in prior to the disruptions of the Second Seminole War.
Fictional massacres depicted in An Authentic Narrative of the Seminole War.
Fictional massacres depicted in An Authentic Narrative of the Seminole War.