On 2/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You should read the entire article you posted:
i did. the end of the second seminole war was like this: Colonel Worth recommended early in 1842 that the remaining Seminoles be left in peace if they would stay in southern Florida. Worth eventually received authorization to leave the remaining Seminoles on an informal reservation in southwestern Florida, and to declare an end to the war on a date of his choosing. also: Worth returned to Florida at the beginning of November 1842. He soon decided that Tiger Tail and Otiarche had had taken too long to make up their minds on what to do, and ordered that they be brought in. Tiger Tail was so ill that he had to be carried on a litter, and he died in New Orleans waiting for transportation to the Indian territory. The other Indians in northern Florida were also captured and sent west. By April 1843 only one regiment, the Eighth Infantry, was still in Florida. In November 1843 Worth reported that the only Indians left in Florida were 42 Seminole warriors, 33 Mikasukis, 10 Creeks and 10 Tallahassees, with women and children bringing the total to about 300. Worth also stated that these Indians were all living on the reservation and were no longer a threat to the white population of Florida.[66] 42 seminole warriors all on the reservation? doesnt sound too fun to me! tom
