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Title: The origin, progress, and conclusion of the Florida war : to which is appended a record of officers, non-commissioned offices, musicians, and privates of the U. S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, who were killed in battle, or died of disease : as also the names of officers who were distinguished by brevets, and the names of others recommended : together with the orders for collecting the remains of the dead in Florida, and the ceremony of interment at St. Augustine, East Florida, on the fourteenth day of August, 1842
Year: 1848 (1840s)
Authors: Sprague, J. T. (John Titcomb), 1810-1878
Subjects: Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & company Philadelphia : G. S. Appleton
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t been found. Seven monthsdiligent search by friendly Indians, as well as by zealous andwide-extended operations of troops, had proved unavailing. Someatrocious act upon the settlements, or an humble message to thecommander of a post for subsistence, had heretofore, occasionallydisclosed his whereabout or his habitation. Now he was doubt-less on Haw Creek or at the head of Dunns Lake, east of theriver St. Johns: this was a most eligible spot, from which toemerge at pleasure upon the roads leading to St. Augustine, fortymiles distant, and the intermediate places, or intercept travellerson the way to Picolata, on the St. Johns. From the best information which could be obtained, he hadwith him thirty-five warriors, mostly Mickasukies, resolute andvindictive, who considered the soil theirs by inheritance. A fewSeminoles and Creeks were among the number, who had beenforsaken by their companions less cruel and blood-thirsty. Theywere now reduced to the necessity of combining for safety with
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THE FLORIDA WAR. 429 a tribe with which they had had continued feuds and colHsions.This band was well armed with rifles, selected with care fromamong the citizens and soldiers murdered on the highway; andprovided with ammunition obtained in the same manner, andturned into a common depository, subject to the arbitrary autho-rity of their chief Halleck-Tustenuggee was a savage by nature, without avirtue either of the head or heart to redeem his character.Adroit in his movements, bold and intrepid in action, cruel andrevengeful, he had made the pioneer feel, as well as the army,that he was no ordinary antagonist. These decisive traits ofcharacter were as well known to his band, as to his enemies.To guard against his assaults, additional force was sent to St.Augustine, Picolata, and to the general hospital at the St. JohnsBluff A patrol of twenty men were going constantly on themain road from the St. Johns to the Atlantic coast. A command of sixty men of the 2d infantry were in boatsmovin

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