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Billy Bowlegs and the Florida War.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04201 Author/Creator: Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Broadside Date: 1858/05/30 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 54.8 cm, Width: 27.3 cm Order a Copy

Illustrated supplement to The Picayune newspaper. Describes its contents as a "faithful portrait of Billy Bowlegs, the last King of the Everglades." Explains activities in the Seminole Wars since 1835 and dubs Bowlegs a "keen, cunning and determined warrior." Illustrated with an engraving by Stevens Engraving, made from a photograph by J.H. Clark, which depicts the Seminole Indian chief holding a rifle.

Bowlegs, Billy, 1810-1864

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