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Detail from an 1836 engraving depicting events from the slave uprising during the Second Seminole War. Originally
prepared for D.F. Blanchard's 1836 narrative of the war. Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division,
LC-USZ62-366.
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| Abraham, from Orr's engraving published in 1848 in
The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War by John T. Sprague. | |
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| Osceola, oil painting by Catlin, 1838. Courtesy
Smithsonian American Art Museum. | |
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| "Thlocklo Tustenuggee, or Tiger Tail." A leader
since 1823 and a prominent militant among the Seminoles, Tiger Tail was well known to the whites of the territory before the
war, having been a frequent visitor to Tallahassee and a regular guest at the house of banker Robert Gamble. This image, which
comes from N. Orr's engraving in Sprague's 1848 history of the war, was probably based on a sketch drawn from life, like other
works in Sprague's book. | |
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| John Horse, as he appeared around 1840, in the engraving
by N. Orr for Lieutenant John T. Sprague's 1848 history of the Florida war. The original source of the image remains unknown.
Conceivably, it could have been a sketch by Sprague or another officer. Sprague would have been the final authority for the
likeness, having worked with John Horse during his time as an interpreter. | |
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| Micanopy (Mick-ah-no-pee), the hereditary Seminole
chief. He showed great favor toward the maroons and was said to reside most of the year in the black town of Peliklakaha,
near present-day Bushnell, Florida. Hand-colored lithograph from the McKenney-Hall History of the Indian tribes of North
America (1858), after an 1825 painting from life by Charles Bird King. | |
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| "A Seminole Woman," 1838 oil painting by George Catlin. Smithsonian
American Art Museum. |
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| Coacoochee, or Wildcat. Engraving by N. Orr for Joshua
Giddings' Exiles of Florida, based on Orr's own 1848 engraving. | |
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| Holata Mico, or Billy Bowlegs, as photographed in
1852. Florida Photographic Collection. | |
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