Original sentence: After attacks by Spanish settlers on Indian towns, Indians based in Florida began raiding Georgia settlements, purportedly at the behest of the Spanish.In 1832, the United States government signed the Treaty of Paynes Landing with a few of the Seminole chiefs, promising them lands west of the Mississippi River if they agreed to leave Florida voluntarily.Many Indian tribes harbored runaway black slaves, and the settlers wanted access to Indian lands.Osceola was arrested when he came under a flag of truce to negotiations in 1837
Edited sentence: A little bribery, forgery and a lot of alcohol, the chiefs of some of the Seminoles signed off on the treaty.After attacks by Georgia settlers on Indian towns, Indians based in Florida began raiding Georgia settlements, purportedly at the behest of the Spanish.All villages discovered were looted, then burnt, all crops destroyed, all Seminoles, men, women and children were detained or murdered at the discretion of lieutenant or captain in charge.Another clause in the treaty granted ALL inhabitants of Florida the same rights as citizens.In 1832, the United States government signed the Treaty of Paynes Landing with a few of the Seminole chiefs, promising them lands west of the Mississippi River if they agreed to leave Florida voluntarily, if they found the the lands they were to be deported to acceptable.Its perfidious violation was an early example of the centuries long "Trail of Broken Treaties," still going on today.Many Indian tribes harbored runaway black slaves and their children and grandchildren, who were still owned, slaves that were freed before the Spaniards left and the settlers wanted to steal Indian lands.Osceola was dishonorably arrested when he came under a flag of truce to negotiate a peace treaty in 1837.The final solution for the ethnic cleansing of the Seminoles followed the 'Burn all, Loot all, Kill all' program