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"Florida has long been viewed as a land of hope and endless possibilities. Visionaries seeking to establish new communities where they could escape the influences of society at large have turned to Florida to construct their utopias from the vast plantations of British philanthr…
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A full history of the Third Seminole War (1848-1859), with a detailed narrative of the war and its causes, containing numerous first-hand accounts.
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Florida Has Been Deeply Injured -- 2 By Th is Shot Capt. Payne and Dempsey Whidden Were Killed -- 3 We Must Take Time Enough to Avert War -- 4 It is the Intention of the Government to Remove the Indians -- 5 Our Citizens Ar…
This definitive account of the final war between the US government and Florida's Seminole tribe "brings to life a conflict that is largely ignored" (San Francisco Book Review). Spanning a period of over forty years (1817'1858), the three Seminole Wars were America's longest, cos…