[79] Vide account of this transaction by H. M. Cohen, given in the Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine, vol. II, page 419. Mr. Thompson, the Agent, in his letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, bearing date soon after, says: "Powell used such language, that I was constrained to order him into irons." Mr. Sprague, in his history of the Florida War, reiterates the statement of Mr. Thompson. But neither Sprague, nor Thompson, nor any other person who was present, it is believed, has ever denied the relation which Mr. Cohen has given. [80] Sprague's History of the Florida War. [81] Vide Testimony accompanying Pacheco's Petition to Congress for indemnity. [82] Vide Statement of Tustenuggee, a Seminole Chief, who was present, and whose account of this massacre is given in Sprague's History of the Florida War. [83] These Speeches may be found in the Congressional Globe, 2d Sess. XXXth Congress. [84] Sprague's History of the War. [85] Osceola, though a fierce and gallant warrior, entertained high notions of honor; and, although a savage, he was punctilious on those points, and finally fell a victim to the treachery of those calling themselves _civilized_ men. [86] Francis P. Blair, who is yet living, (1868.) [87] Vide Ex. Doc., 2d Sess. XXVth Congress, No. 78, pages 558-9. [88] His vindication before the court was triumphant, and he was honorably acquitted from all censure. [89] Sprague, in his History of the Florida War, says there were _two hundred negro warriors_ in this battle; that their women and children were a short distance in their rear, mounted on their ponies, and ready to flee, if their husbands, brothers and fathers had been compelled to retreat. [90] General Jessup was undoubtedly somewhat ignorant as to the history of the Exiles. Speaking of Abraham, that officer says: "He is married to the wife of the former chief of the Nation; is a good soldier, and an _intrepid leader_. He _is the negro chief_, and the most cunning and intelligent negro we have here; _he claims to be free_." [91] General Jessup _subsequently_ reported his determination to _separate the negroes, or Exiles, from the Indians_. He therefore stipulated for _their safety_, and, at the same time, agreed that the _slaves_ of the Indians should accompany their owners, and not be separated from them. These facts will appear as we proceed in our history. [92] Vide these articles at length, Ex. Doc. 225, 3d Sess. XXVth Congress.