Portraits of North American Indians, Vol. 2: With Sketches of Scenery, Etc (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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A Seminole Chief, and'one of the most celebrated of his tribe; possessed of much vanity and an indomitable spirit, he has won for himself an exalted name and standing among his people.

At the outbreak of the Florida War, he was a mere boy; but he shouldered his rifle, and fought with so much courage and despera tion, that he was soon looked up to as a master-spirit. This gathered a band of warriors about him, who adopted him as their chief leader. At the head of this party he became a formidable enemy of the United States troops, and gave them much trouble during that campaign, and probably would never have fallen into the hands of the whites, had he been able to procure food and ammunition for his band: being reduced to a state of starvation, he was obliged to surrender, and, by treaty stipulations with the United States Government, was with his people removed west of the Mississippi.2.

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