Osceola
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N 29° 12.943 W 082° 03.143
17R E 397708 N 3232344
Statue at Silver Springs, FL of Famous Seminole Chief
Waymark Code: WM2TCX
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/19/2007
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From the plaque:
"October 23, 1834, the Seminole Indians met in council at these springs to discuss demands of the United States for their removal to the west. Osceola, then an obscure sub-chief, swayed the council with his oratory and set the Indians against removal. This was the real beginning of the great Seminole War of 1835-42, in which as head war-chief, Osceola became an important Indian military genius and strategist of American history. He was captured through deception and died at Fort Moultrie, Charleston, January 10, 1838."
Sculptor: Bernice West
URL of the statue: Not listed
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