Seminole Indian War Research Paper

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U.S history professor Carissa Farley in 2003 stated the Seminole Indian wars was one of many wars fought during our nation’s history. The word Seminole is derived from the Muskogee word “Simano-Li” taken originally from the Spanish “Cimarron” meaning wild or runaway. The Seminole tribe came together in the 1700’s when groups of Indians from the Southwest left their territory to flee from enslavement. They settled in Florida which at the time was being held by the Spanish. Later in 1817 the Seminoles were accused if harboring runaway slaves. Because of this Andrew Jackson commanded 3,000 troops to attack the Seminoles and burn their land. This would be the beginning of the Seminole Wars. Some of the wars in our history were fought over what …show more content…
Later in 1834 the treaty was changed which allowed the Seminoles three longer and then they were to leave. The Seminoles were angry with this because they were being removed three years from the original treaty and not three years after the change These problems resulted in the great Seminole wars. The U.S Army and the Seminoles fought three wars between 1816 and 1858. One of these wars that was fought was the Second Seminole Indian war. This war was fought for seven years. But the Second Seminole War fought from 1835-1842 cost upward of 530 million dollars more than the annual federal budget at the time and resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,400 Soldiers, this war started with the Dade Massacre, in which a Seminole Indian faction led by Seminole Indian chief Osceola ambushed 110 Soldiers led by Major Francis Dade while on march. On December 28th 1835 Chief Osceola murdered an Indian agent by the name Wiley Thompson which help fuel the fire for the battle against the Indians. There was supposed to be a peace pact but it was broken by the U.S Army. Many Soldiers would perish in these battles a lot were from disease. The forced removal from Florida caused about 3,000-4,000 Seminole Indians deaths and other deaths made some wonder why was all this necessary. The Seminole Indian removal was turned into what could have been a peaceful move into bloody fighting, Chief Osceola said “He would fight until the last drop of Seminole Indian blood moistened the dust of his hurting
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