Beggining of the Second Seminole War. Speaks of what a series of writers believe to be the reasons for going to war and first battles fought and the result of them. Includes personal opinion

        It seems that no matter how hard we try, we can never get away from war. We can trace it all the way back to the first explorers. After the first explorers came the settlers who were greedy for land and power. Since they wanted both violence erupted not only between the settlers but also between the settlers and the Indians. One such war is the Second Seminole War. I will tell you what other …showed first 75 words of 892 total…

…showed last 75 words of 892 total…if the Indians actually won their battles and they emerged the victors. Maybe culture would be a little different right now. Bibliography Bittle, George C. 'First Campaign of the Second Seminole War', Florida Historical Quarterly 1956.p.39-45. Coker, Edward C. and Daniel L. Schafer, 'A West Point Graduate in the Second Seminole War: William Warren Chapman and the View From Fort Foster' Florida          Historical Quarterly April 1990. p.447-475. Possible Beginnings To The Second Seminole War