Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-27
:, r,rn1AM fp0L SlATTENED.

az ,''.,,orr.that the Leather-Stockins K
i"s ,..e,,, oror the character OF the q
Iodlan natives OF this country heS 'snuS 8
70 glye romantic youths ana piaiuen sn :
,,arg exalted idea of Che noble feo i,An, p
t . 80 can he dissipated oniy Wy contact
o ,. hin, in his aboriginal nooienese' {
g 60 s,, .,he eastern Indians wereo hlsheA
8 ho,,er TYNE than the tribes oil 'ne
y West is conceded; but the 'rue ,ii .,',,,s
L. o,,,n Of the best and wisest el tne'i 49,
e ssows them to have been, IKE all Oh ''e',
t. 80 crafty. cruel and treacherous' emu
sc ,annrsuv dirty aRd offensive in their pei-
rs s h3s,,ts The Indian Of the Leather
'.1~,.,nr t,rd was an imaginary being
. snd.tTncas was no more aiaitnlui pOi,'D-'
~ ,of his race than Moses was oil Tue VA o"'
"s Innartial history is dlvesting many OIL
~ .ahor,a,nnl heroes of their hcntous
,'s ,1ory The greatest sufferer from Vne
.ne ,'sasooi touch of the scrutinlzing hlsto-
ny RAN "a the Seminole cAief osceol"' "no
u! lt,.cs In legend as hero OF more than
VA mortal mould He has been repres' n,'N
VI Military leader who, with 3 hanoIu
lrSe - savage warriors, deGed the power o
1oi ,ne Itnited states for two years, de'eate'
ho oh,est Of her soldiers, slew Who'll
be regiments Of the enemy, and az ias' "4
he. s,bdned by treachery-being enTappe
are ., q treaty meeting, seized and sem
orv nr,sop. where his proud spirit oFof
.oye. dow, under the ianominy OF his 'reA
IA he ,,.nt and he berlsked at an untimely az
alton So runs the legend. The truth Is w
, an. osceola was only a Lieutenant u
n,the se,rinole war, or subordinate chlel'
what dor the principal chief, Micanopy'
re be rover was in but three regular ensa'
rryey monts with the United States troops y
or,v ,nos heoten in every one Of them !
Of the rest of his career was ine'''S
bushwhacker.
Tho massacre OF Mai. Dade's comms
Int on hv an ambushed party Of Indians
ring ,n,r,huted 10 Osceola's repumt
Worth ID a s,rateeist. Now IL is proved
sufl- o.ceo,o was not in that hght. lie wa
from another place, and on the uay u
defeat massacre he and his followers way
Jr,, 'btt ~ --~~SJ '.inpusn;' ms never been
ltory- sarded as an extraordinary Indian.
1t way. nS an instance OF Osceola's uuSerS
independence, 1t is related
ne slew Mieanopy, the head a
,tly at Oh the Seminoles, as that chief
1t few signing The treaty that gave the IONS
OF the W 'ne Indians to their removal fl
from florlua osceoa was not present 1t
of the council referred TO, and he did not
accept Mlcanopy' At a council of tho Iral,
rfrom at (which Osceola was present, II Was
Elected termned to xiii any one of the tribe :,
lion of saouid consent to emigration, and
leans pursuance Of this compact one OF
StateC Indians who was sent to view the 90,
OF his Try selected for them to remove to v
of the waylaid and killed by osceola and
ed heFcompanions as he returned
office, Ihese are some OF tho facts gathar
Is de- from the records of the army departm,
ontest IN Washington, and under their blsze
Davis legendary laurels on osceola,s br,
, fifth wilmer away. Like William Tell. no h
and gained more from the imagination Of !
a his admirers than from what he d,d e,,h
I the IN war or in peace The manner 90 ,
It is capture, which was violation n, !,
Davis sanctity o. flag OF truce, and his dos
is on III prison, probably contributed mnch
1t to the romantic exaggerations that bo,
sen elevated him to the pinnacle Of a ber
play inE'neible In war and lnasuanImons
hard peace But, stripped Of all false colo
sin ing the history Of the Seminole w,
:, as SHOWS that 0sceola was very CONNIE,
n of place indian by tao slice Of Geronimo
aiken snung Bull, or even Captain Jacs VIII
@od met an ignoble fate on the gibbet.