The Seminoles
Type
Book
Authors
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1957
Publisher
Pages
399
Subject
Seminole -- History
Abstract
"This is the history of a remarkable nation, the only Indian tribe that never officially made peace with the United States. General Thomas Sidney Jesup admired the Seminoles as adversaries: "We have, at no former period in our history, had to contend with so formidable an enemy. No Seminole proves false to his country, nor has a single instance occurred of a first rate warrior having surrendered." Jesup made those comments in 1837, and they proved true throughout the Seminole-white confrontations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Portions of the Seminoles’ story-particularly their wars-have been told, but until this book no extensive history of the tribe had been written. Here is the record of those dauntless people, who were tricked, robbed, defrauded, and abused. The origins of the tribe, the complex problems concerning their rights in Florida, the military operations against them, their forced removal to Indian Territory, their role in the Civil War, and their adjustment to life in the West are important elements of the book."--Google Books.
Portions of the Seminoles’ story-particularly their wars-have been told, but until this book no extensive history of the tribe had been written. Here is the record of those dauntless people, who were tricked, robbed, defrauded, and abused. The origins of the tribe, the complex problems concerning their rights in Florida, the military operations against them, their forced removal to Indian Territory, their role in the Civil War, and their adjustment to life in the West are important elements of the book."--Google Books.
Description
xv, 399 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm.
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Seminole beginnings --
Return of the Seminoles to Spanish rule --
Seminoles and border diplomacy, 1801-12 --
Indian alliance against the United States --
The Creek-Seminole frontier, 1814-16 --
The end of the Spanish regime in Florida --
The Treaty of Camp Moultrie --
Difficulties of enforcing the treaty --
Agitation for Indian removal, 1826-34 --
Prelude to war, 1834-35 --
Removal by force : Seminole trail of tears --
Seminole guile --
General Jesup's second campaign --
Removal for profit, 1838-41 --
End of the war : more removals for profit --
Seminole struggle for adjustment in the West --
A separate Seminole Nation --
The Seminoles in the American Civil War --
Reconstruction and recovery --
Transition to United States citizenship --
The Seminoles as United States citizens.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Seminole beginnings --
Return of the Seminoles to Spanish rule --
Seminoles and border diplomacy, 1801-12 --
Indian alliance against the United States --
The Creek-Seminole frontier, 1814-16 --
The end of the Spanish regime in Florida --
The Treaty of Camp Moultrie --
Difficulties of enforcing the treaty --
Agitation for Indian removal, 1826-34 --
Prelude to war, 1834-35 --
Removal by force : Seminole trail of tears --
Seminole guile --
General Jesup's second campaign --
Removal for profit, 1838-41 --
End of the war : more removals for profit --
Seminole struggle for adjustment in the West --
A separate Seminole Nation --
The Seminoles in the American Civil War --
Reconstruction and recovery --
Transition to United States citizenship --
The Seminoles as United States citizens.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Number of Copies
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