The brief but heroic struggle of the celebrated Chief, Osceola, forms the groundwork of a narrative which is equal, if not superior, to any of Mr Reid’s former productions; and while the reader’s patriotism cannot fail to be gratified at the result, his sympathy is, at the same time, awakened for the manly struggles and untimely fate of the gallant spirit, who fought so nobly for the freedom of his red brethren and the preservation of their cherished hunting-grounds. (Summary Adapted from the Preface)
Osceola the Seminole , particularly anti-Black stereotypes and derogatory language. It is LibriVox's policy to record texts as written.
Chapters
1 Preface 2 min 2 The Flowery Land 8 min 3 The Indigo Plantation 11 min 4 The Two Jakes 8 min 5 The Hommock 8 min 6 Yellow Jake 7 min 7 The Alligator 9 min 8 The Turtle-Crawl 16 min 9 The King Vultures 12 min 10 The Bath 11 min 11 The "Half-Blood" 10 min 12 The Chase 12 min 13 A Severe Sentence 12 min 14 The Chase 15 min 15 Ringgold's Revenge 9 min 16 Maumee 12 min 17 The Island 15 min 18 West Point 13 min 19 The Seminoles 14 min 20 An Indian Hero 9 min 21 Frontier Justice 10 min 22 Indian Slaves 8 min 23 A Circuitous Transaction 9 min 24 Reflections by the Way 9 min 25 A Strange Apparition 10 min 26 Who Fired the Shot? 9 min 27 A Frontier Fort 16 min 28 The Council 19 min 29 The Rising Sun 9 min 30 The Ultimatum 16 min 31 Talk Over the Table 14 min 32 The Traitor Chiefs 14 min 33 Shadows in the Water 12 min 34 Haj-Ewa 17 min 35 A Pretty Plot 11 min 36 Light After Darkness 14 min 37 In Need of a Friend 9 min 38 The Final Assembly 10 min 39 Cashiering the Chiefs 14 min 40 The Signature of Osceola 15 min 41 Fighting Gallagher 8 min 42 Provoking a Duel 8 min 43 The Challenge 10 min 44 The Assignation 12 min 45 An Eclaircissement 12 min 46 Two Duels in One Day 10 min 47 A Silent Declaration 11 min 48 The Captive 8 min 49 The War-Cry 12 min 50 War to the Knife 8 min 51 Tracing a Strange Horseman 11 min 52 Who was the Rider? 10 min 53 Cold Courtesy 9 min 54 My Sister's Spirit 8 min 55 Asking an Explanation 10 min 56 The Volunteers 9 min 57 Mysterious Changes 7 min 58 My Informant 10 min 59 Old Hickman 10 min 60 A Hasty Messenger 7 min 61 A Lover's Gift 12 min 62 The Route 11 min 63 A Knock on the Head 8 min 64 An Indian Executioner 13 min 65 A Banquet with a Bad Ending 12 min 66 Dade's Massacre 6 min 67 The Battle-Ground 9 min 68 The Battle of "Ouithlacoochee" 13 min 69 A Victory Ending in a Retreat 8 min 70 Another "Swamp-Fight" 9 min 71 The Talk 10 min 72 Mysterious Disappearance of an Army 10 min 73 The Condition of Black Jake 7 min 74 A Bad Spectacle 8 min 75 To the Trail 9 min 76 The Alarm 7 min 77 A False Alarm 7 min 78 A Split Trail 12 min 79 Crossing the Savanna 7 min 80 Groping Among the Timber 10 min 81 Signal Shots 10 min 82 An Empty Camp 6 min 83 A Dead Forest 12 min 84 A Circular Conflict 11 min 85 A Dead Shot by Jake 10 min 86 A Meagre Meal 7 min 87 A Bullet from Behind 10 min 88 A Jury Amid the Fire 7 min 89 Quick Executioners 10 min 90 An Enemy Unlooked For 9 min 91 A Conflict in Darkness 13 min 92 The Black Plumes 7 min 93 Buried Alive 12 min 94 Devils or Angels 12 min 95 The End of Arens Ringgold 14 min 96 The Death Warning 8 min 97 Osceola's Fate - Conclusion 12 min
