This is the Osceola research I have found there are numerous versions of this story. In order to secure his release, Osceola agreed to sign the Treaty of Payne's Landing and to bring his followers into the fort. He became closely involved with the people. [7]:2135 The portraitists George Catlin, W. M. Laning, and Robert John Curtis, the three artists known to have painted Osceola from life, persuaded the Seminole leader to allow his portrait to be painted despite his being gravely ill.[1]:2178 [4]:1156 Osceola and Curtis developed a close friendship, conversing at length during the painting sessions; Curtis painted two oil portraits of Osceola, one of which remains in the Charleston Museum. Where are your pages on facebook. After early military skirmishes and the 1823 Treaty of Moultrie Creek, by which the US seized northern Seminole lands, Osceola and his family moved with the Seminole deeper into central and southern Florida. Father of Patience Caroline Powell; Maranda Powell and Naponee McKendree Seems more coincidental, but maybe there is a distant relationship to Osceola. RACHEL RHODEN, b. In 1966, Miami businessman Otis W. Shriver claimed he had dug up Osceola's grave and put his bones into a bank vault to rebury them at a tourist site at the Rainbow Springs in Marion County. Archaeologists later proved that Shriver had dug up animal remains; Osceola's body was still in its coffin. The village site, now the city of Tallassee, Alabama, was located on the banks of the Tallapoosa River about 20 miles (32km) upstream from Fort Toulouse where the Tallapoosa and the Coosa rivers meet to form the Alabama River. I Dont know much just what I read. There is or was a Powell Family History Book? Is this a book that was in print or is it a personal book? His skill as a speaker, prowess in battle, and staunch opposition to removal, led him to becoming a prominent warrior, and he often acted as a spokesmen for Abiaka. My great grandmothers name was Ola Ellington from Dothan, Houston County, Alabama. Seminole Chief Osceola, Billy Powell Seminole Nation, I. T. Source*- Bk- Shawnee Heritage IV 1700s to 1750s by Don In October 1837, while negotiating under a white flag of truce near St. Augustine, Florida, Osceola was taken prisoner. Looking for family that can teach me more. Fort Moultrie and Grave of Oceola, the Indian Chief Postcard We would love to be able to discuss further anything that others may know about this genealogy of Osceola and his wives. Learn about the Seminole Indians of Florida: Lessons for Kids My DNA matches John William Powell Chufi Hadjo and Chekika Polly Ann Coppinger Powell, Parents of Osceola. yrs. Chief Osceola - Oklevueha Native American Church The process of "pulling" the first mold, which was soon displayed in the window of a Charleston drugstore, destroyed the original cast.

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