Osceola killed US Indian Agent Riley Thompson
Osceola killed US Indian Agent Riley Thompson on Dec. 28, 1835. Then, with his followers, he shot six others outside Fort King in north-central Florida. These events and the concurrent Dade Massacre, marked the beginning of the Second Seminole War, 1835 to 1842. The lithograph is based on a January 1838 portrait by George Catlin, painted when Osceola was imprisoned by the US Army and ill with malaria
Picture No
13125497
Media ID
45375053
Size
1778px x 2400px
(857KB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
