A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . at year;but when he turned over the command, in the spring of 1837, to GeneralZachary Taylor, the conquest of the Seminoles seemingly was as far off as attempted to use a number of Cuban bloodhounds for tracking the mon-grels into the swamps, but the dogs refused to take the trail of the red men, andthe ex2:)eriment (widely denounced in the North) was a failure. In October, while Osceola and
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . at year;but when he turned over the command, in the spring of 1837, to GeneralZachary Taylor, the conquest of the Seminoles seemingly was as far off as attempted to use a number of Cuban bloodhounds for tracking the mon-grels into the swamps, but the dogs refused to take the trail of the red men, andthe ex2:)eriment (widely denounced in the North) was a failure. In October, while Osceola and a number of warriors were holding a con- GREAT IMPR0VE3IENTS IN THE COMEORTS OE LIEE. 221 ference with General Jessup under the protection of a Hag of truce, all weremade prisoners, and Osceola was sent to Ciiarleston, and died in Fort Moultriein 1838. The war dragged on until 1842, when General Worth, after it hadcost $40,000,000 and many lives, brought it to an end by destroying the cropsof the Seminoles and leaving to them the choice between starvation and sub-mission. GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COMFORTS OF LIFE. The steam locomotive, of which we have given a brief history, came into. OSCEOLAS INDIGIirATION. general use duriiiy; the presidency of General Jackson. When lie left office1,500 miles of railway had been built, and many more were being laid in dif-ferent parts of the countiy. It wrought a social revolution by bringing all partsof the country into close communication, making settlement easy and the costof moving crojis slight. Anthracite coal was tested in 1837, and, because of itsgreat advantages, was soon witlely used. McCormicks reaper was patented in1834, and gave an enormous impetus to the cultivation of western lands. lathe early days fire was obtained by the use of fliut and steel or the sun-glass. 222 JAOKHON, VAN BUREN, HARRISON, AND TYLER. Friction matches appeared iu 1886, and quickly supplanted the clumsy methodthat had been employed for centuries. On th
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