Osceola (c. 1800–1838)
| Leader of the Seminole American Indians. Although not a chief, he organized resistance against US efforts to remove the Seminole from their Florida homeland. His warriors' killing of a US agent in 1835 sparked off the second Seminole War (see Seminole Wars), and he led his people in actively resisting the Federal army. US forces seized Osceola under a flag of truce and imprisoned him in Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, where he died. |
| Osceola was born in Georgia, the son of an English trader and a Seminole woman. |
Osceola
| Joint seat with Blytheville of Mississippi County, northeastern Arkansas, USA, on the Mississippi River, 24 km/15 mi south of Blytheville; population (1990) 8,900. It lies in a rich agricultural area producing cotton and alfalfa. Industries include timber milling, cotton ginning, and the manufacture of cottonseed oil. |
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