The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-19

January, 1883, and he died IN February
Of the same gear. Oseeoia lived only
one month after his eaptune. never
saw him but erice. They said he was
the son Of an Englishman named
Powell, but he aooked to me like fasi
blooded Indian"
Mr.. Roche has the names Of three
men who claim TO be the emily surytv-
ors Of the Seminole War, but he says
net one OF them can tell anything
about It. he said: The New York
Herald Of 1908 or 1909 gave q state,
menf from enc john n. Smith. SO
East aast street F5atbush-s Mr.. Smith
said: - enlisted as 3 drummer boy
nine years ago. in the Fifth ARTILLERY.
I enlisted for i've years. but served
only two years In the SsznineBe war IN
Eyears after the war and was dis
charged in is4s.r
Talked With osseela.
MFR. Roche eatE: i had the dis
tinction Of tslgisg with Osceoia. He
was born In Florida IN 1895 and was
captured while uEder p Gag OF truce
with Gen sessap. Oct. &. 1891. He
died a prisoner e FEosiGs, IAN. Il.
1888, two years before nF, Smith en-
listed, ard the Fifth srtiaery was new
er IN Florida. 0gceoig gent by three
names, BlakedorLk. Powell and os-
ceola.
Ills rank ere Eirtk were both OBJ
scure, but he dare5 to resist the de-
| E1aads Of TIE gov eminent. sno had the
| temer;ty TO strike the first blow. He
belonged to 2 branch OF the Creek In
| dams. He was borH II 1895. HIS
! fathers name was William Powell an
! Englighman who fer &C years had been
E. trader in the nation and whose wife
was the daughter ef an Indian chief.
When e keu6 occurred among the
Creeks, the parents separated by mu-
tual consent, she going to Florida,
where a division of the family took
place. The father retained the two
daughters, the mother the boy. He
was then keEr years old, and they set
/ tied In the vicinity of the OkefeHoke
Swamps. Seen after she was again
married and with her child and huS-
band she removed to q place near
| Fort King. William Powell migrated
| to Arkansas in the summer of 1885. At
the outbreak Of hostilitieg Oseeole was
80 years old and had a frank, manly
| and open eoantenanee. In 1885. while
on q visit 10 Fl. King his wife was
taken as a slave and carried OF. o.
ceoia became angry and said: Il am
not a negro. a slave. My skin is dark,
but not black. ] am an Indian, Sem
mole. I viii make the white mans
land red with blood, their blankets tho
sun and rain. Then the wolf shall
smell of his bones and the buzzasds
shall live on his flesh
Put in irons.
FOR making these threats, Osceola
was put in irons and under guard fer
six days by order Of General Thomp-
leased on permission that ne would
bring in his people and enigrate q
few months after that Osceola killed
General Thompson, Dec ~, 1885. Os-
cecilia took so Of his warriors and hid
in the thick foliage near Fort King.
On that afternoon General Thompson.
accompanied by Lieutenant Smith Of
| the Second Artillery. came to take
their usual walk toward the settlers
quarter a mile away, and as they got
on the crest OF the hill and in full
view Of the post they received the fire
of the enemy. Within thirty feet of the
road they were both killed instantly.
General Thompson's body had "a bull
let's in it and Lieutenant Smiths ID.
Their bodies, horribly mutiiated were
left there on the ground. The next day,
Dec. 2s, Major Dade with s officers and
/ 100 men, were nearly all massacred
on the road from Fort Brooks to Fort
King. Two escaped; one died the
next day.
His Capture.
/ "Osceola was not in this engage
ment but a few days afterwards he