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SEMINOLE WAR CHIEFS

YAHA-HAJO (Mad Wolf) was the second principal war chief of the Seminole nation, and had been among the seven chiefs selected to inspect the western lands reserved for the Seminoles.

OSCEOLA (Asseola, Assyn-ya-hola) was a fearless and cunning leader of the Seminoles who was born in Alabama between 1800 - 1806. His fighting tactics and daring brought many victories to his people over the U. S. Army.

MENAWA (Great Warrior) was a war chief of the Oakfuskee tribe of the Creek Nation. He lived in what is now central Alabama. He worked for the U.S. Army in the war against the Seminoles in Florida.

McINTOSH was born in the Creek Indian nation, in what is now the state of Georgia, about 1785. His father was Scottish and his mother a Creek. He rose to be chief of the Coweta tribe.

CHITTEE YOHOLO (The Snake That Makes a Noise) was a Seminole Chief -who was born in Florida. During the 1830's he participated in numerous attacks on outposts and settlements as the Seminole War escalated.

TUKO-MALTHIA (known as John Hicks) was chief of the Seminole Indians of Florida from 1824-1833. His portrait was painted in 1826 when he was in Washington on a diplomatic mission.

ITCHO YUSTENNUGGE (Deer Warrior) was a chief all the Seminole Indian nation. He, along with Chief Micanopy and five other chiefs, went to Washington in 1826 to confer with President Adams.

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The Dade Massacre

Lawless men, they were to blame.
....From the Georgia line they came.
Burning, killing, stealing slaves,
....From the Seminole Indian braves.
Major Dade and his hundred
....Were marching along,
By the edge of a thick swamp.
....It was shortly past dawn.
Through scrub and palmetto
....Their harnesses did ring.
They were marching from Tampa
....On the way to Fort King.
Oh, the sun's rays were burning,
....Dade's temper was short
His scout had deserted
....Somewhere to the north.
The men had a feeling,
....The land was too quiet.
They held their guns tightly
....Their eyes showed their fright
Well, it came of a sudden,
....That wild cry of craze,
From the screaming throats
....Of the Seminole braves.
Black smoke, thudding bullets
....From Indian guns.
I'll tell you, the Dade
....Massacre had begun.
Major Dade, he fell first
....With a deep mortal wound.
'Twas from Jumper's rifle
....That he met his doom.
His men were all killed
....Without mercy or plea.
This legend lives ever
....In our history.
Now the land is all serene,
....There's a marker at the scene.
Where Major Dade sleeps
....Among his hundred men.

Will McLean

From Cross The Shadows Of My Face, McLean
12/28/1835: Bushnell FL:

During the second Seminole War, Maj. Francis L. Dade, 7 officers, 100 men killed by Seminole soldiers under sub-chief John Jumper (Otee-Emathla)

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