Seminole War II

Second Seminole War (1835-1842)

1830s


 * United States government decides removal of all Indians in Florida to the Indian Territory in the West (present day Oklahoma) was the best solution to continued conflict between the Seminoles and white settlers. By 1834, 3,824 Indians had been removed to the west.

December 28, 1835


 * On 28 Dec 1835, Seminole Indians led by Osceola attacked and killed the Indian agent General Wiley Thompson and six others in his party outside the Fort King stockade. Thompson was shot 14 times and scalped.
 * Dade Massacre - That same day, Major Francis Dade and his troops are ambushed by 300 Seminole warriors near Fort King (Ocala), starting the Second Seminole War – beginning of mass removal of the Seminoles to the Indian Territory.

December 25, 1837


 * Battle of Lake Okeechobee -

June or July, 1837


 * Capture of Osceola under false flag of truce.

January 30, 1838


 * Osceola dies at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina.

1842


 * End of the Second Seminole War – By the end of the war, 4,420 Seminoles had surrendered and been deported to the west.

See Also:
 * Seminole War Forts List

Links:
 * Wikipedia - Seminole Indian Wars]