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Osceola, prisoner of war from the Florida War, Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, c1837 (1841). Osceola was a war chief who led a small band of warriors in the Second Seminole War which broke out when the US Government attempted to have the Seminoles removed from their lands in Florida. He was captured by deceit after agreeing to attend peace talks at Fort Payton in October 1837 and died in captivity less than three months later. A print from Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, by Wiley and Putnam, 161 Broadway, New York, 1841.