Trail of tears
Chapter 13 Trail Of Tears 11/1/00I 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 SEMI
The Seminoles were barely able to move with heavy irons, hung heads, and arranged by rank. Women and children went to Fort Brooke for shelter and food. The US finally got her attention off of the Seminole Indians and went to pick on someone else. Weedon "Skillfully severed Osceola's head from (his) neck, put both in (a) coffin, tied scarf around (the) neck. Pascofa made a Seminole toast "Iste linus tcha", and a cup passed among warriors. That dogs were muzzled preventing them from " 'tearing the red devils !to pieces. " He then gave Osceola's head to Valentine Mott, who was head of the NY University Medical School. " Those moving and protesting Seminoles, pleaded w/ Washington; they had no weapons, or tool and had a hard time growing food. The dogs were considered soldier and therefore were paid. When they got to the west it was foreign to the and most of them staved to death.
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