LaneDeborah BohlmannAmerican Literature22 January 2000Seminole IndiansEffects on European Settlers and The United States.Timeline of Seminole History1528-Spain lands in Florida for first time (Cabeza de Vaca),1817-First Seminole War.1819-Spain cedes Florida to the United States.1832-Second Seminole War begins.1835-Osceola is captured by Andrew Jackson.1838-Osceola dies in Federal Prison.1842-Second Seminole War ends.1845-Third Seminole War.1907-Oklahoma Enters the union with most of the residents from the southeast part of The United States.In June of 1528 Cabeza de Vaca and the Spanish came to what is now known as Florida for the first of many trips. They came capturing the women and children along with one governor of the Seminole Tribe. The Seminole asked for their tribe members back. Spain gave them the women and children but not the governor. Spain responded by attacking and chasing the Indians across the swamps killing only one Indian. The Spanish attacked once again and only killed one Indian again. The Spanish fled to their boats escaping Florida. The Seminole had mounted their first of many defenses against European Settlers that would wreak havoc on The United States of America in the 19th century. Who are these light skinned people who come tour landThey arrest our chief and take away our women and childrenWe ask for our people back, and they gave us our women and children, but not our chiefThen they attack us, not defeating us; they flee in terror, killing one manThey say our land and our people are poorThey attacked us once more but our strong warriors held up They fled to their ships and departedThese light skinned men were foolish to try to push us around on our landThey killed two of our tribe members and a Spanish commander in battleThis poem was called Foolish White People and was inspired by Alvarez Nunez Cabeza de Vaca from Relation of Alvarez Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.Seminole is a word that means "wild" or "thos...
