"When he died in 1838, Seminole warrior Osceola was the most famous Native American in the world. Born a Creek, Osceola was driven from his home to Florida by G

Osceola was born Billy Powell in 1804, in what was known at the time as a "Mississippi Territory." His mother, a Creek Indian, married a white trader, but left

Reproduction of the original: Osceola the Seminole by Captain Mayne Reid