. A brief history of the United States . Burens Troubles. — 1. T/ieBlack Hav:Tc War broke outin the Xorthwest Territory(1832). The Sacs and Foxeshad some time before sold theirlands to the United States, butwhen the settlers came to takepossession, the Indians refused ■^.^^j , , . „. , . A2>DREW JACKSON. to leave. Alter some skir-mishes they were driven off, and their leader, the famousBlack Hawk, was captured. 2. Tlie Florida War (1835)with the Seminoles grew out of an attempt to remove them,in accordance with a treaty, to lands west of the , the chief of the
. A brief history of the United States . Burens Troubles. — 1. T/ieBlack Hav:Tc War broke outin the Xorthwest Territory(1832). The Sacs and Foxeshad some time before sold theirlands to the United States, butwhen the settlers came to takepossession, the Indians refused ■^.^^j , , . „. , . A2>DREW JACKSON. to leave. Alter some skir-mishes they were driven off, and their leader, the famousBlack Hawk, was captured. 2. Tlie Florida War (1835)with the Seminoles grew out of an attempt to remove them,in accordance with a treaty, to lands west of the , the chief of the Seminoles, was so defiant, thatGeneral Thompson, the government agent, put him in his wrath, Osceola consented to the treaty. Butno sooner was he released than, burning with indignation, heplotted a general massacre of the whites. General Thompsonwas shot and scalped while sitting at dinner, under the veryguns of Fort King. The same day Major Dade, with overone hundred men, was waylaid near the Wahoo Swamp. All. 178 EPOCH IV. [1837. but four were killed, and these afterward died of theirwounds.* After several battles the Indians retreated to theeverglades of southern Florida, in whose tangled swamps theyhoped to find a safe retreat. They were, however, pursuedinto their hiding-places by Colonel Taylor, and beaten in ahard-fought battle (Okechobee, Dec. 25,1837), but were notfully subdued until 1842. Foreign Affairs.—France.—The French government hadpromised to pay $5,000,000 for damages to our commerceduring Napoleons wars. This agreement not being kept,Jacksonurged Congress to make reprisals on French mediation of England secured the payment of the debtby France, and thus averted the threatened war. Political Parties.—The democratic candidate, MartinVan Buren, was chosen President, f The people thus sup-ported the policy of Jackson—no United States Bank and noProtective TarifE. General Harrison was the whig candidate. VAN BURENS ADMIN
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