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
Murder of Indian agent Wiley Thompson by Osceola. 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.
June or July, 1837
Capture of Osceola under false flag of truce.
January 30, 1838
Osceola dies at Fort Moultrie|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.
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