[79] Vide account of this transaction by H. M. Cohen, given in the Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine, vol. II, page 419. Mr. Thompson, the Agent, in his letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, bearing date soon after, says: “Powell used such language, that I was constrained to order him into irons.” Mr. Sprague, in his history of the Florida War, reiterates the statement of Mr. Thompson. But neither Sprague, nor Thompson, nor any other person who was present, it is believed, has ever denied the relation which Mr. Cohen has given.
[80] Sprague’s History of the Florida War.
[81] Vide Testimony accompanying Pacheco’s Petition to Congress for indemnity.
[82] Vide Statement of Tustenuggee, a Seminole Chief, who was present, and whose account of this massacre is given in Sprague’s History of the Florida War.
[83] These Speeches may be found in the Congressional Globe, 2d Sess. XXXth Congress.
[84] Sprague’s History of the War.
[85] Osceola, though a fierce and gallant warrior, entertained high notions of honor; and, although a savage, he was punctilious on those points, and finally fell a victim to the treachery of those calling themselves civilized men.
[86] Francis P. Blair, who is yet living, (1868.)
[87] Vide Ex. Doc., 2d Sess. XXVth Congress, No. 78, pages 558-9.
[88] His vindication before the court was triumphant, and he was honorably acquitted from all censure.