History Of The Second Seminole War, 1835-1842

History of the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842

By the third decade of the 19th century the growing American nation had expanded so far into the Florida peninsula that in 1832 a group of Seminole tribal chiefs accepted the terms of a treaty which provided for the removal of their tribes to the West. Wiley Thompson was appointed to supervise the migration.From the Back CoverThe little known Second Seminole War is beyond doubt one of the most dramatic episodes in our history.