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Osceola, a Seminole leader during the Second Seminole War, was taken prisoner after showing up to peace talks under a white flag of truce. This was a deliberate breach by US forces of accepted laws of war. The perpetrator, General Thomas Jessup, was supported by the US government and received no punishment for the deceit.

The Second Seminole War was the result of the United States attempt to force the Seminole tribe to leave their Florida lands and relocate west of the Mississippi River.

Rumor has it that when a few (but not all) Seminole chiefs signed the treaty to relocate, Osceola stabbed the document with his knife.

The incident which began the war were 1) when Osceola killed the US Indian agent and six others outside Fort King, and 2) the killing of 100 US troops by a group of Seminoles in an event known as the Dade Massacre.

After Osceola’s deceitful capture he was visited in prison by a famous portrait artist, who created an iconic picture of the former leader, complete with headdress, which is the basis for Indian statues outside cigar stores.

Osceola died in prison three months after his capture but his likeness/legacy lives on through numerous landmarks, towns, forests, counties, and lakes. Chief Osceola is also the mascot for the Florida State University Seminoles.

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