THE RENEWAL¹ AND PROSECUTION³ OF THE WAR.

Objects of the first and second Seminole War—Action of General Jessup and the Executive in regard to the Capitulation—His alleged⁴ arrangement—Resumes hostilities⁵ with intent to carry out original design of General Jackson—Establishes a series of forays for the capture of Negroes—Choctaws and Delawares employed—Cherokees refuse—Send a Delegation⁶ to make peace—Ross, the Cherokee Chief, addresses a Letter to Wild Cat, Osceola, and others—Difficulty with Creek⁷ Warriors⁹—General Order—General Jessup’s policy—Creek Warriors discharged—Capture of King Phillip—His message to Wild Cat—Influence of Cherokees—Wild Cat bears plume¹⁰, etc., from Osceola to General Jessup, proposing to negotiate—Jessup sends back answer—Wild Cat, Osceola and Exiles come in to Fort Peyton—Are betrayed—Seized as prisoners—Imprisoned¹¹ at San Augustine—Wild Cat escapes—Thrilling Narrative¹²—Cherokee Delegation induce Micanopy, Cloud and others to visit General Jessup—They too are seized, and one hundred Exiles captured—Extraordinary conduct of General Jessup—Cherokees leave in disgust.

By the articles of capitulation, entered into on the sixth of March (1837), the second Seminole War had been terminated. General Jessup so regarded it, and so declared it. The Exiles and Indians so regarded it, and some eight hundred came in under it and registered their names for emigration, in good faith. The people of Florida regarded it in that light, and

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