Seminole wars

Florida volunteers with a Seminole captive during the Seminole Wars 1818–58

First U.S. Defeat of the Seminole Wars by Dale Cox The attack on Lt. Scott's boat as painted by Eric Sapronetti. Editor's Note: The following is excerpted from historian Dale Cox's book The Scott Battle of 1817: First U.S. Defeat of the Seminole Wars. - Excerpt - THE BLOODIEST DAY OF THE FIRST SEMINOLE WAR dawned not much different than other recent days on Florida’s Apalachicola River. Mount Tambora still exerted its influence on the weather of the world, and temperatures along the border…

Many historians have presented an inaccurate version of Seminole history – sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. That is, if there was an effort to tell the history in the first place....

Southeastern Native Americans

Photographed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, New York.