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| Book cover | Autor | Title | Description |
| Bild | Autor | Leer | Beschreibung |
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1804  | Osceola wurde in Georgia geboren. Seine Mutter vom Stamm der Red Stick (Upper Creek) heiratete einen weissen Händler mit dem Namen William Powell. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| Summer 1814 | British-American War 1812-1816 - Horseshoe Bend 1814As a result of the defeat near Horseshoe Bend many Red Sticks (Upper Creek) fled to Florida in the area of the Suwanee-River. Here the Red Stick met the Mikasuki Indians. Among them was also the 10-year-old Osceola   | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| October 1834 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842The new Indian agent of Florida, Wiley Thompson, called up a meeting near Fort King to accelerate from the point of view of the Whites to slow relocation of the Seminole to their new Reservation in Oklahoma. However, the Seminole did not have it in a great hurry. The Seminole argued that the Treaty of Moultrie Creek of 1823 guaranteed for them the Reservation in the center of Florida during 20 years. Thompson demanded more troops after the council. In Fort King only one company soldiers was stationed. He had found out that the Indians with the money from the government bought unusually large amounts of guns, powder and lead. In this time the Whites became aware for the first time of Osceola. Osceola and Micanopy took part in the talks. Both chiefs denied the intended removal of the Seminoles to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). | Upper Creek (Creek) Alachua (Lower Creek) | Osceola Micanopy |
| October 1834 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842Again the Indian's agent of Florida, Wiley Thompson, the Seminole shouted to a council in Fort King assembled. This time he read out a letter of President Andrew Jackson, in Jackson threatened with the Indians Gewalt, if these did not resettle voluntarily in the new reservation. The Seminole required one month of serious term. After this month informed of the Seminole Thompson and General clinch that they did not resettle in the new reservation. Now furious words were exchanged between Thompson and the Indians. Surprisingly 8 Chiefs agreed at the end of the conversation to move in the new reservation. But 5 most important Chiefs, under it Micanopy, denied to change. Thompson allowed to remove these Chiefs from the space. | Upper Creek (Creek) Alachua (Lower Creek) | Osceola Micanopy |
| June 1835 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842During a visit in Fort King chief Osceola became so abusive that Osceola was laid by the Indian agent Wiley Thompson in chains and was locked up. When Osceola agreed the next morning to respect the Treaty of Payne's Landing, Thompson released Osceola. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
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| Osceola, painted by George Catlin a few days before his death in Fort Moultrie near Charleston, South Carolina. Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osceola | |||
| End of November 1835 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Murder of Charley Emathla 1835One of the chiefs who had agreed to a forced relocation to Oklahoma was Charley Emathla, a respected chief under the Seminole. At the end of November he sold in Fort King his cattle and marched to Fort Brooke. On the way to Fort Brooke Emathla was attaked and killed by Osceola. In expectation of the coming war panic started to spread out in Florida. Settlers left their houses and searched shelter at safer places. Now few Forts which had never filled with soldiers started to fill with fled settler families. Small groups of Indians attacked isolated settlements and farms. | Upper Creek (Creek) Seminole | Osceola Charley Emathla |
| 18 December 1835 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Battle of Black Point 1835A wagon train which was guarded by mounted Florida Militia were attacked by Osceola and about 80 warriors. 8 Whites were killed and 6 soldiers were wounded. The supply train came from Fort Crum and was on its way to Fort Micanopy. The battle took place in the area of'Bolen Bluff' 4 miles northwest of Micanopy. The battle lasted until the arrival of soldiers from Fort Defiance. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
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| Bolen Bluff Trail 2013, 4 miles northwest of Micanopy. This is where the Battle of Black Point took place in 1835. Source: Thomet Daniel 2013 | |||
| 28 December 1835 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Murder of Wiley Thompson 1835At the same day Osceola's warriors lay in wait outside Fort King. That afternoon, Agent Wiley Thompson and young Lieutenant Constantine Smith were taking a walk outside Fort King when Osceola's warriors shot and killed the two. Thompson was hit by 14 bullets. The Seminoles withdrew after the Seminole ransacked a nearby warehouse and killed most of the soldiers in the warehouse. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| 31 December 1835 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - 1st Battle of Withlacoochee 1835General Clinch left Fort Drane with 750 soldiers. 2/3 of the soldiers were volunteers whose service time expired in 2 days. Clinch wanted to attack Seminole villages along the Withlacoochee River on Lake Tsala Apopka. Clinch was attacked on the Withlacoochee River, losing 5 soldiers and wounding 59. Clinch had to march back to Fort Drane. Es bleibt noch zu erwähnen, dass Clinch's Rückzug von den Zeitungen als ein Sieg dargestellt wurde, erfochten durch die brilliante Rückzugstrategie von Clinch und wegen der aufopfernden Kampfweise der Soldaten. Clinch erhielt dadurch den Nicknamen 'Old Withlacoochee' und wurde aufgrund der Darstellung der Medien noch Gouverneur von Georgia! | Miccosukee (Lower Creek) Upper Creek (Creek) | Halpatter Tustenugge (Alligator) Osceola |
| 1835 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - 2nd Battle of Withlacoochee 1836The Seminole lived at that time in the area of Tsala Apopka Lake, northeast of today's city of Inverness in central-west Florida. Osceola also lived in one of these villages | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| 28 February 1836 Nicht erkannter Quellenhinweis | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - 2nd Battle of Withlacoochee 1836At the exact same location on the Withlacoochee River where Clinch was attacked, the Seminole under Osceola also attacked Gaines. While crossing the river, Lieutenant James Izard was fatally wounded. Gaines had to dig himself in and sent a messenger rider to General Clinch at Fort Brooke. After 8 days of siege through the Seminole and already short of rations from the start, Gaine's soldiers began to slaughter and eat their own horses. Clinch arrived at Gaines on March 6 with 500 soldiers. The Seminole withdrew. On March 11th, Gaines and Clinch and their troops reached Fort Drane. Gaines was celebrated like a hero in the Tallahassee and Mobile media. It was even speculated that the war in Florida would soon be over. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
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| Edmund P. Gaines. Source: http://seminolewar.livejournal.com/153031.html | |||
| 8 June 1836 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Battle of Micanopy 1836150 to 200 Seminole warriors have been spotted at the Tuscawilla Hammock southeast of Fort Defiance. The next morning these warriors were likely to be chasing the express rider traveling from Fort Drane to Fort Defiance. The express rider arrived at Fort Defiance at 7:00 am unharmed. Major Heilemann had the guards outside the fort and on the watchtowers doubled. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| 9 June 1836 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Battle of Micanopy 1836At 11:00 am, the guards first saw the Seminole warriors about 0.75 miles from the fort. Then Osceola attacked Fort Defiance with 250 warriors. The commandant of the fort, Major Heileman, opened its gates and attacked Osceola's warriors in front of the fort. After 80 minutes of fighting in the blazing sun, he was able to drive the Seminole away. Captain Lee and 3 soldiers were wounded. | Seminole | Osceola |
| June 1836 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842Since March, the number of Dragoons at Fort Defiance has been reduced from 90 to 25. Most of the men became ill. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| 19 July 1836 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Battle of Welika Pond 1836Fort Drane had to be abandoned because of the many cases of illness. 5 of the 7 officers and 140 soldiers were sick. While transporting goods from Fort Drane to Fort Defiance, the 80 soldiers in the column of 200 Seminoles were attacked. Several soldiers were killed. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| 7 August 1836 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842The last soldiers left Fort Drane. The Seminole under Chief Osceola then occupied the fort. Osceola was probably infected with malaria here, which would later lead to his death. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| Middle of August 1836 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842Major Benjamin K. Pierce has been tasked with the evacuation of Fort Defiance. In the Fort Defiance area, Pierce attacked Osceola. The Seminole were able to escape into the swamps again | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| 29 September 1836 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Call's Kampagne in Florida 1836At the end of the summer of 1836 Call was ready for the campaign he had planned. The main problem was the procurement and transport of food to the troops in Florida. On September 29th Call stood with his troops east of the Suwammee River, that is in the area of the Alachua prairie. Here Call divided his troops into 2 units: A part under General Read Leigh was supposed to march south along the Suwannee River and set up a food depot, the remaining part under his command should move south to the abandoned Fort Drane. The two units were to meet on the Withlacoochee River at the Cove on Tsala Apopka Lake. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| 13 October 1836 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Call's Kampagne in Florida 1836Call arrived on the Withlacoochee River. At the end of the rainy season the river was so swollen that Call could not cross it. On the other side of the river the Seminoles were waiting. Call decided to march west and meet Read somewhere on the west coast. Since Read's steamer 'Izard' ran aground on a sandbank, broke and sank, Read had to set up his depot with the rest of the food much closer to the coast than planned. Call was slowly running out of groceries. And since he couldn't find Read, he decided to march to Fort Drane. Several unfortunate circumstances prevented other grocery deliveries for Call from arriving. A depot in St. Marks sank under its own weight, while another ship could not advance due to unfavorable winds and another ship leaked at sea and almost sank. | Seminole | Osceola |
| Middle of November 1836 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Call's Kampagne in Florida 1836Call was ready to try again. This time he was able to cross the Withlacoochee River, but found only abandoned villages near the cove. He then continued his march south on both sides of the Withlacoochee River. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| 21 November 1836 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Battle of Wahoo Swamp 1836 - Call's Kampagne in Florida 1836Call entered the Wahoo Swamp with his troops. This is where the Seminole fled after Call drove them out of their village on the Withlacoochee River. Call's troops drove the Seminole on their village across a small river. Major David Moniac was shot while crossing the river. Call then decided to leave the Seminole alone and made his way back to a catering depot at Velosia. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| 10 January 1837 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842General Jesup learned from 10 captured Black Seminole warriors that Osceola was sick. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| 2 June 1837 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Treaty of Fort Dade 1837That night Osceola and Sam Jones and about 200 warriors managed to lead all of the 700 Seminoles waiting in Fort Brooke out of the camp unnoticed. How exactly this worked is not entirely clear. According to reports from Creek spies, they were warned that something like this could happen. But despite the guard set up, the trick succeeded. Für Major General Jesup hatte diese Flucht folgen. Die Indianer hatten aus seiner Sicht einen Wortbruch begangen. Jesup konnte dem Wort eines Indianers nicht mehr trauen. Für ihn galten jetzt gewisse Regeln nicht mehr, die auf Vertrauen basierten. So zum Beispiel, dass man sicher unter einer weissen Flagge verhandeln konnte. In der Folge sollte Jesup mehrmals von solchen Methoden Gebrauch machen. | Alachua (Lower Creek) Upper Creek (Creek) Seminole Miccosukee (Lower Creek) Alachua (Lower Creek) | Jumper Osceola Abraham Sam Jones Micanopy |
| 21 October 1837 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842 - Osceolas capture 1837Using the same method, General Hernandez also succeeded in capturing Osceola, Coa Hadjo, 71 warriors, 6 women and 4 black warriors at an agreed place south of St. Augustine near Fort Peyton on Moultrie Creek. | Upper Creek (Creek) Seminole | Osceola Coa Hadjo |
| 29 November 1837 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842After their capture, Osceola and Coacoochee were imprisoned at Fort Marion, along with King Philip (Emathla), John Cavallo, and 21 other Seminoles. Fort Marion was considered the safest prison in Florida. Nevertheless, Coacoochee, John Cavallo and 16 men were able to break out during the night and also overcome the 8 meter high outer wall. Osceola, who was obviously already too sick, neither wanted nor could flee, as well as King Philip, who refused to break out because of his age. Wochenlang assen die Indianer so wenig wie möglich, damit diese so schmal wie möglich wurden. Nur so konnten die Indianer über die etwa ein Meter breite und etwa 20 cm hohe Öffnung ganz oben in der Zellenmauer entkommen. | Upper Creek (Creek) Miccosukee (Lower Creek) Miccosukee (Lower Creek) Seminole | Osceola King Philip Coacoochee (Wild Cat) John Cavallo |
| December 1837 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842Osceola and 202 other captured Seminoles were transported from Fort St. Augustine to Fort Moultrie, South Carolina by Captain Pitcairn Morrison of the 4th Infantry. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |
| 30 January 1838 | Second Seminole War 1835-1842Osceola died in Fort Moultrie, South Carolina at 6:20 pm local time. He officially died of a kind of sore throat or tonsillitis as a result of a malaria infection. | Upper Creek (Creek) | Osceola |