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Identifier: osceolachiefofse00elli (find matches)
Title: Osceola, chief of the Seminoles;
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916
Subjects: Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838 Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
Publisher: New York, E.P. Dutton & company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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mly waited.Dick retained his paddle, his heart a-flutter withrenewed hope. When the chief joined the group, it was evidenthe was displeased; but he was not in the toweringanger that caused him to smite Pete Guinness tothe earth. Neither was his displeasure against hisown warriors, for they had done nothing to whichhe could object. It was their duty to stop a boatcontaining two white persons, even though theyknew Osceola himself had befriended them. Infact, had his followers slain them, while he mighthave regretted it in the case of Dick Moreton, it isunlikely that he would have punished any onetherefor. That which irritated him was the carelessness ofhis young friends in running into the danger thatbrought their discomfiture. He had given them afair start homeward and they ought to have reachedtheir destination without the need of his helpingwith any more favors; but here they were,—rightin the midst of his fierce mongrels,—and the chiefhad to decide what was to be done with them.
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OSCEOLA COMES TO THE RESCUE. Page 288. THE NFVV TORS PUB-LJC LIIMIAEY 4ST08, IXNWC AND TIL0SN FOUND iTIONS I L THE WORD OF A KING. 289 Another important factor in the case must benoted. The presence of Osceola and this largeparty, and the fact that they were engaged in cross-ing from the western to the eastern bank, left nodoubt that the leader intended to attack the villagewhere Jack Raymore made his home. If the boyswere set free and allowed to go thither, the firstnews they would tell would be of the presence of thepowerful war party within a few miles of the place.Thus warned of what was coming, the settlers wouldput themselves in the best possible condition fordefence (for many of the warriors without whomOsceola would not risk defeat were still a consider-able distance off and could not arrive for an hour ortwo), with the probabilities pointing to another de-feat of the Seminoles. To release the boys, therefore, was virtually togive up this part of the campaign, and yet theSemin

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