American Indian Wars E53 Christmas Promises and Gunfire: The Ambush That Changed Everything
This episode covers the Dade Massacre and the lead-up to the Second Seminole War. What started with Tecumseh’s efforts to unite Native nations eventually sparked internal conflict within the Creek, which bled into the formation of the Seminole resistance in Florida. Treaties were signed, promises were broken, and when diplomacy failed, the fighting began.
We’ll follow Tecumseh’s southern campaign, the Creek War, the rise of Osceola, and the slow, violent unraveling of Native-American and U.S. relations in the Southeast. This all builds to the attack on Major Dade’s column, a moment that shattered any illusion of peace.
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