The Indians of North America / [Anon].

  • George Mogridge
Date:
[1843?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Indians of North America / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OCEOLA MADE PRISONER. Hunter. The whites, under the American General Hernandez, invited Oceola to meet them, that a treaty might be made, and the war brought to an end. Oceola went with his warriors; but no sooner had he and eight of his warriors placed their rifles against a tree, protected as they thought by the flag of truce, than they were surrounded by a large body of soldiers, and made prisoners. Brian. That General Hernandez was an unjust and treacherous man : he had no business to have touched one of them while the flag of truce was there. Oceola ought to have kept away from them. Basil. And what did they do to Oceola? Did they kill him ? Hunter. They at first confined him in the fort at St. Augustine, and afterwards in a dungeon at Sulli- van’s Island, near Charleston. It was in the latter place that he died, his head pillowed on the faithful bosom of his wife, who never forsook him, and never ceased to regard him with homage and affection. He was buried at Fort Moultrie, where he has a monu- ment, inscribed “ Oceola.” His companions, had they been present at his grave, would not have wept. They would have been glad that he had escaped from his enemies. “ We do not weep— The red man hath no tear to shed for thee— Smiling, we gaze upon the dreamless sleep, The fortress broken, and the captive free.” Austin. Poor Oeeola !
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