Osceola
[When I was nearly grown to manhood in Brooklyn, New York, (middle of 1838,) I met one of the return’d U. S. Marines from Fort Moultrie, S. C., and had long talks with him — learn’d the occurrence below described — death of Osceola. The latter was a young, brave, leading Seminole in the Florida war of that time — was surrender’d to our troops, imprison’d and literally died of "a broken heart," at Fort Moultrie. He sicken’d of his confinement — the doctor and officers made every allowance and kindness possible for him; then the close:]
[When I was nearly grown to manhood in Brooklyn, New York, (middle of 1838,) I met one of the return’d U. S. Marines from Fort Moultrie, S. C., and had long talks with him — learn’d the occurrence below described — death of Osceola. The latter was a young, brave, leading Seminole in the Florida war of that time — was surrender’d to our troops, imprison’d and literally died of "a broken heart," at Fort Moultrie. He sicken’d of his confinement — the doctor and officers made every allowance and kindness possible for him; then the close:]