Osceola : The Unconquered Indian (1st Edition 1973, Hardcover, Good) by William and Ellen Hartley

Osceola brave, ruthless and smart adopted Seminole who led his people during the Second Seminole War (from 1835 to 1838 although some Seminoles continued to resist until 1858). Greedy for Florida land, the U.S. government shredded treaties, forcing the starving Seminoles first onto a swampy and barren reservation and then, via the Removal Bill of 1830, into a legislated union with the Creeks in Arkansas. Osceola was a traditionalist -- yet he adopted Western military tactics; a complex and religious man who "disliked bloodshed and wanted peace" unrepentant, he insisted on dying in full-dress uniform. A historical tale of a skilled guerrilla fighter, an account of a war during three Presidents which cost 40 million dollars.