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Grave of Osceola. This is one of those embarrassing tales about how we killed off the native population here. Osceola was the head of the Seminole Indians. He agreed to peace negotiations with American troops in St Augustine and arrived under a flag of truce. The Americans immediately imprisoned him, cutting off the Indian leadership through an act of deceit (similar to how the Spaniards destroyed the Mayans and Incas). Forced to make peace with the Americans, Osceola was sent to Fort Moultrie. He arrived here on January 1, 1838 and died of disease on January 30, never being allowed to rejoin his people. |