The Seminoles of Florida

CONTENTS

PART FIRST
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Facts of the Earlier Days	1
Origin of Troubles	6
Efforts at Indian Removal	11
The Massacre of General Thompson and of Dade’s Forces	15
A Dishonored Treaty	19
As-se-ho-lar, The Rising Sun, or Osceola	21
Osceola’s Capture	26
The Hidden War Camp	30
Wild Cat and General Worth	33
Indian Warfare	38
“Dat Seminole Treaty Dinner”	41
PART SECOND
The Present Condition and Attitude of the Seminoles	53
National Indian Association, Its Work, and Its Results, Episcopal Mission	65
The Friends of the Florida Seminoles	68
Our Duty to These Wards of the Nation	76
Chieftain Tallahassee	79
Increasing	84
Appearance and Dress	87
Independence and Honor	90
The Seminole’s Unwritten Verdict of the White Race	93
Endurance and Feasts	95
The Hunting Dance	100
Slavery	106
Hannah	107
Unwritten Laws	108
Gens and Marriage	114
Beauty and Music	116
Relationship to the Aztecs and Eastern Tribes	118
Seminoles at Home—The Everglades	126
Alligator Hunting	139
Bear Hunting with the Seminoles	142
Captain Tom Tiger (Mic-co-Tus-te-nug-ge)	148
Nancy Osceola	154
Billy Bowlegs	155
Religion	162
Brought Back	168
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