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Seminole chief Osceola

(Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838)

Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Vsse Yvholv in Creek, also spelled Asi-yahola), named Billy Powell at birth, was an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a Scotsman, James McQueen. He was reared by his mother in the Creek (Muscogee) tradition. When he was a child, they migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees, led by a relative, Peter McQueen, after their group's defeat in 1814 in the Creek Wars. There they became part of what was known as the Seminole people. (From Wikipedia)

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A Narrative of the Early Days and Remembrances of Oceola Nikkanochee, Prince of Econchatti, A Young Seminole Indian, Son of Econchatti-Mico, King of the Red Hills, in Florida; With a Brief History of His Nation, and His Renowned Uncle, Oceola, and His Parents; and Amusing Tales, Illustrative of Indian Life in Florida (printed with the Treaty of Moultrie Creek; London: Hatchard and Son, 1841), by Andrew G. Welch
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Hostile Indians in Florida: Public Meeting of the Citizens of St. Augustine, in Relation to the Hostile Proceeding of the Indians in Florida (24th Congress, US House of Representatives 1st session, doc. #80; Washington: Blair and Rives, 1836), contrib. by United States House Committee on Military Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Famous Indians: A Collection of Short Biographies (Washington: GPO, 1966), by United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Four American Indians, King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola: A Book for Young Americans (New York et al.: American Book Co, c1904), by Edson L. Whitney and F. M. Perry

3 additional books about Seminole chief Osceola in the extended shelves:

Book of Indian braves (Harper & Brothers, 1913), by Kate Dickinson Sweetser and George Alfred Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
Osceola the Seminole, or The red fawn of the Flower Land (R.M. De Witt, 1858), by Mayne Reid (page images at HathiTrust)
Osceola the Seminole : or, The red fawn of the flower land (Carleton, 1882), by Mayne Reid (page images at HathiTrust)

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