Trail of Tears Chapter 13
I found chapter thirteen offensive and obscene. The things that were done to the Seminole Indians were just unbelievable. First the US soldiers steal their land and then they put them on prison ships. I had a hard time reading it. It starts out by first talking about how much the US soldiers hated the land and the Indians were right at home. Then it goes on to talk about General Scott, his nick name Old Fuss and Feathers, and his Strategy to get the Seminole's into open land but they were way too smart for his to leave the protective cover of the forest they knew so well. He then went one to defeat Black Hawk in the Wisconsin Rebellion. Major General Gaines however wanted to concentrate the Seminoles in a small area and kill them, but there weren't enough bullets to go around. So several of the chiefs proposed to him to let them stay and the war would stop. After deciding to except it he was replaced by General Clinch. But, General Gaines did save face by first announcing he had ended the SECOND SEMINOLE WAR. Women and children went to Fort Brooke for shelter and food. For these Seminoles, the
Joel Poinsett, Secretary of War, believed the dogs to be the only way to get rid of the Indians. On July 3, 1841 Coacoochee and his people in Tampa boarded a prison ship. The Seminoles were barely able to move with heavy irons, hung heads, and arranged by rank. Coacoochee said "I am here and I feel the irons in my heart." but the Seminoles finally surrendered. "Trail of Tears began on Egmont Key, an island in Tampa Bay ... kept in a stockade, like refractory (obstinately resistant to authority or control) cattle", they were sent by ships to New Orleans. Many Died on the ship but not as many as were dyeing on land. . Brigadier General Joseph Hernandez ignored Osceola and Coacoochee's white truce flag, and instead he captured them. Osceola built Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine and was afterwards thrown in chains. Osceola was diagnosed with Malaria (yellow fever), Osceola refused Dr. Weedon's medicine. And when he died Dr. Weedon "Skillfully severed Osceola's head from (his) neck, put both in (a) coffin, tied scarf around (the) neck." "As a doctor, Weedon had done the best he could for a patie
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Approximate Word count = 749
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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