OSCEOLA

ŏsēōˈlə, ō–, c.1800–1838, leader of the Seminole. He was also called Powell, the surname of his supposed white father. In the early 1830s, Osceola was living close to Fort King, near the site of Ocala, Fla. Although not a chief, he rose to a position of prominence among the Seminole and led the young warriors who denounced the treaties of 1832 and 1833, which provided for the removal of the Native Americans to the West. In Dec., 1835, Osceola's warriors killed Wiley Thompson, the Indian agent in charge of the removal. U.S. troops under General Jesup drove his band southward into the Everglades, but Osceola, skillfully using guerrilla tactics, resisted capture. Fighting ceased early in 1837, only to break out again in June. Overtures for peace were sent to Osceola, and he agreed to meet with Jesup in St. Augustine under a flag of truce. Jesup, never intending to discuss peace, had Osceola seized and imprisoned at Fort Moultrie, S.C., where he died shortly afterward.

See study by W. and E. Hartley (1973).

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The Seminoles
Book by Edwin C. McReynolds; University of Oklahoma Press, 1985
Subjects: Seminole Indians
...Series Complete list on page 395 Osceola, best known of the Seminole war leaders...persons in many fields of human endeavor. Osceola, Coacoochee, and Billy Bowlegs as war...Illustrations Osceola frontispiece...
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The Automobile in American History and Culture: A Reference Guide
Book by Michael L. Berger; Greenwood Press, 2001
Subjects: Automobile Industry And Trade--United States, Automobiles--United States, United States--Social Life And Customs
...The Structure of American Industry: Some Case Studies . New York: Macmillan, 1984. Adler, Dennis. Packard . Osceola, Wisc.: 1998. Aitken, Hugh G.J., ed. Explorations in Enterprise . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press...
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Art of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians
Book by Dorothy Downs; University Press of Florida, 1995
Subjects: Mikasuki Art--Florida, Seminole Art--Florida
...52 2.6. Osceola, painting by George Catlin, 1838...3.3. Alice Osceola and her daughter, Mittie, ca. 1917-19...7.3. Robert Osceola, Seminole silversmith, 1910 187...
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The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Ecotourism
Book by Patsy West; University Press of Florida, 1998
Subjects: Mikasuki Indians--Economic Conditions, Mikasuki Indians--Ethnic Identity, Seminole Indians--Economic Conditions, Seminole Indians--Ethnic Identity, Tourism--Florida
...August 1931. 14. Cory R. Osceola Big Towns Clan , February 15, 1927...with a cover photo of William McKinley Osceola Big Towns , headman of Bert Lashers...25. Repainting the sign for Osceolas Indian Village. 26...
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Unconquered People: Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Indians
Book by Brent Richards Weisman; University Press of Florida, 1999
Subjects: Mikasuki Indians--History, Mikasuki Indians--Social Life And Customs, Seminole Indians--History, Seminole Indians--Social Life And Customs
...Theodore Morris Cover art by Mary Gay Osceola 04 03 02 01 00 99 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library...grateful to artists Ted Morris and Mary Gay Osceola for letting their creative works appear...the next one. Billy Cypress, Mary Gay Osceola, and Patsy West indulged my questions...
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American Buses, Osceola
Journal article by Margaret Walsh; The Journal of Transport History, Vol. 21, 2000
American Buses, Osceola by Margaret Walsh Donald F. Wood, American Buses, Osceola WI, MBI Publishing (1998), 160 pp., $24.95. American Buses is a volume for bus enthusiasts. Organised on a decadal basis, the text is brief and the pictures...
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Forum Selection Clauses in Seamen's Contracts: Are We Protecting Commercial Progress by Denying Seamen Their Rightful Day in Court?
Journal article by Lisa Sechelski; Houston Journal of International Law, Vol. 26, 2003
Subjects: Boyd v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad--338 U.S. 263 (1949), Federal Employers' Liability Act, Jurisdiction--Laws, regulations and rules, Labor contracts--Laws, regulations and rules, MIS Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.--407 U.S. 1 (1972), Maritime contracts--Laws, regulations and rules, Merchant Marine Act of 1920, Merchant mariners--Laws, regulations and rules, Merchant seamen--Laws, regulations and rules
...1. The Osceola...efforts to life at sea. (37) 1. The Osceola The development of the basic protections...the 1903 Supreme Court decision in The Osceola. (38) Osceola provided a cause of action...
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Using a Nursing Framework to Establish a Nurse-Managed Senior Health Clinic
Journal article by Mary Bear, Mary Lou Brunell, Maureen Covelli; Journal of Community Health Nursing, Vol. 14, 1997
Subjects: Community Health Nursing
...care services to its clientele. The Osceola County Council on Aging was identified as this agency. The Osceola County Council on Aging had an on-site...clients. The first author met with the Osceola County Council on Aging to propose a...
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Patchwork and Pr: Seminole-constructed Public Image
Journal article by Cynthia Kasee; Ethnic Studies Review, Vol. 23, 2000
Subjects: Culture, Discrimination, Finance, History, Human relations, Indigenous people, Industry, Interpersonal communication, Minority & ethnic groups, Native Americans, Personal relationships, Race relations, Racial discrimination, Taxation, Tourism, Travel industry, United States--US
...Americans encountered the first Seminole "media star," Osceola (Covington 1993; Garbarino 1986; Kersey 1996, 1975...Black Drink Crier," a name Americans transliterated as "Osceola." Osceola was that most unwieldy of national figures; he was...
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Opposing Forces: (Re)playing Pocahontas and the Politics of Indian Removal on the Antebellum Stage
Journal article by Rebecca Jaroff; Comparative Drama, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: Barnes, Charlotte--Criticism and interpretation, Custis, George Washington--Criticism and interpretation, Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Native American history, Native Americans--History, Plays--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Pocahontas (Play) (Play)--Criticism and interpretation
...capture one of their most powerful leaders, Osceola, in 1838. His subsequent imprisonment...soldiers brought the recently captured Osceola to see a play and to exhibit him before...month. She relates her encounter with Osceola in a short story published in her collected...
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Selling a Piece of Your Mother
Magazine article by Catherine Caufield; Whole Earth, Fall 1998
Subjects: Native Americans--Government relations, Seminoles--History
...at his Washington, DC office from Guy Osceola, a Seminole Indian who had heard of Coulters...maintain their traditional way of life. Osceola told Coulter he was calling on behalf...three-quarters of the state of Florida. Osceola asked for Coulters help in refusing it...
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Toxic Waste Used as Fertilizer?
Magazine article by Sheila R. Cherry; Insight on the News, Vol. 16, May 15, 2000
Subjects: Hazardous wastes--Health aspects, Recycling (Waste, etc.)--Health aspects
...lived just outside the sleepy hamlet of Osceola Mills, Pa. -- its population in 1996 was...cancers reportedly are common in tiny Osceola Mills these days. A school official has...account in 1999. By now, the residents of Osceola Mills were not the only ones who were...
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Mickey Goes to Town(s)
Magazine article by Tom Vanderbilt; The Nation, Vol. 261, August 28, 1995
Subjects: Disney Development Co.--Planning, Planned communities--Design and construction
...along a stretch of Highway 192 in Floridas Osceola County, Blakes fantasy is quite literally...the economy of tourism. In April 1994, Osceola County resort tax collections dropped...environmentalists massed against Disney, Osceola County is a predominantly rural, lower-middle-class...
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United We Stand! Joint Struggles of Native American and African American in the Columbian Era
Magazine article by Jan R. Carew; Monthly Review, Vol. 44, July 1992
Subjects: Columbus, Christopher--Discovery and exploration, Florida--History, Maroons--Military aspects, Seminole War, 1st, 1817-1818--History, Seminoles--History
...mother and her young son. The boys name was Osceola."33 Sacafaca and his followers were...inevitable defeat. The young Seminole Chief, Osceola, spelled this out very clearly when he...were brilliant Seminole War Chiefs like Osceola, Alligator, Wild Cat, Talmeco-Hadjo, Arpeika...
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2009 Winter Conference Jan. 9-14, 2009
Magazine article; Corrections Today, Vol. 71, April 2009
Subjects: American Correctional Association--Conferences, meetings and seminars, American Correctional Association--Officials and employees, Professional associations--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Professional associations--Officials and employees, Trade and professional associations--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Trade and professional associations--Officials and employees
...Clermont, Fla. Raul Banasco Deputy Chief Osceola County Corrections Kissimmee, Fla. Amy Barnell Program Manager Osceola County Corrections Department Kissimmee...Fla. * Greg Futch Chief of Corrections Osceola County Corrections Department Kissimmee...
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Kenneth Milton Mengler a Former Longtime Resident of Elgin
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 10, 2006
...m. today, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Osceola, Iowa, with Rev. J. R. Wheeler officiating. Hymns...Mengler, he died Friday, Oct. 6, 2006, at the Osceola Nursing Rehab Center in Osceola. He was a graduate of Elgin High School, class...
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John Raymond Barcus Formerly of St. Charles
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 22, 2006
...A graveside funeral service for John Raymond Barcus, 84, of Osceola, Iowa, will be held at 11a.m. today, at North Cemetery in St...illness a few weeks ago, he was the manager of the airport at Osceola, Iowa. John is survived by his three children, James Barcus...
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Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 21, 2006
...A graveside funeral service for John Raymond Barcus, 84, of Osceola, Iowa, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, at North Cemetery...illness a few weeks ago, he was the manager of the airport in Osceola. John is survived by his children, James Barcus of Joliet...
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Guilty Plea in Infant Porn Case
Newspaper article by Rob Olmstead; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 13, 2007
Subjects: Pornography
...Daily Herald Staff Writer Lisa A. Winebrenner isnt a duchess. But she was humble Thursday when she appeared in court. The Osceola, Iowa, woman, who went by the screen name "HumbleDuchess" spoke softly in federal court in Chicago as she pleaded guilty to...
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For Acta, a Return Home
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 8, 2007
Subjects: Baseball (Professional), Professional baseball
...yesterday when the Washington Nationals manager arrived at Osceola County Stadium. This otherwise unremarkable spring training...Y., and by 1998, he was sitting in the third-base dugout at Osceola County Stadium as manager of the home team. He sat in the opposite...
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Osceola
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OSCEOLA oseo l , o , c.1800 1838, leader of the Seminole...surname of his supposed white father. In the early 1830s, Osceola was living close to Fort King, near the site of Ocala...removal of the Native Americans to the West. In Dec., 1835, Osceolas warriors killed Wiley Thompson, the Indian agent in charge...
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Kissimmee
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KISSIMMEE kisim e, city (1990 pop. 30,050), Osceola co., central Fla., on Lake Tohopekaliga. Located in an important agricultural area, it is a major processing, packaging, and shipping...
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Stickley, Gustav
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STICKLEY, GUSTAV 1858 1942, American furniture designer, b. Osceola, Wis. Probably the best-known American associated with the arts and crafts movement, Stickley ran a Binghamton, N.Y., chair...
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Seminole War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...among the Seminoles; under the leadership of the young chief, Osceola, the Seminoles organized small raiding parties that attacked...the Native Americans and suffered heavy casualties. Although Osceola was captured in 1837 and died in prison a few months later...
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Iowa , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1990 census. Capital and largest city, Des Moines. Statehood, Dec. 28, 1846 (29th state). Highest pt., 1,670 ft (509 m), Osceola co.; lowest pt., Mississippi River, 480 ft (146 m). Nickname, Hawkeye State. Motto, Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights...
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