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Seminole leader
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Osceola (born c. 1804, Georgia, U.S.—died January 30, 1838, Charleston, South Carolina) was an American Indian leader during the Second Seminole War, which began in 1835 when the U.S. government attempted to force the Seminole off their traditional lands in Florida and into the Indian territory west of the Mississippi River. Osceola moved from Georgia to Florida, where, although not a chief, he came to be acknowledged as a leader of the Seminoles. He led...

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