SW083 Seminole Removal Ends Overt US Hostilities to Tribe, Creates Unexpected Ally in Oklahoma Amidst Rival Tribes

     

 

Podcast devotees may find it odd that the hatchet was buried so quickly after removal -- at least, by the US Army. With removal came compliance with the heavily flawed treaty imposed on them. As such, they were no longer resisting removal, and thus were eligible for the treaty materiel stipulations offered as compensation for having to move. The federal government did not provide luxuries to the Seminoles for their journey, but it also didn't impose a fine on the Seminole for the cost of their resistance, either. So, there's that. What this meant in practical terms is that the US Army considered the Seminole to be a friendly, peaceful people again -- in the Oklahoma Territory. They encouraged these Seminole to return to Florida as scouts to help locate and persuade other Seminole to join them out West. Some prominent Seminole leaders, known for fierce resistance to removal, took the Army up on its offer. They had their own reasons as shall become clear.

Autodidact Jesse Marshall returns to present the case. 

 

 

Host Patrick Swan is a board member with the Seminole Wars Foundation. He is a combat veteran and of the U.S. Army, serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Kosovo, and at the Pentagon after 9/11. A military historian, he holds masters degrees in Public History, Communication, and Homeland Security, and is a graduate of the US Army War College with an advanced degree in strategic studies. This podcast is recorded at the homestead of the Seminole Wars Foundation in Bushnell, Florida. 

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