Light a Distant Fire

Threatened with forced removal from their Florida homeland the Seminole and Miccosukee Indians took up arms. Using alligator-infested swamps to their advantage they fought the U.S. Army to a standstill.<p>Unable to win militarily General Thomas Jesup captured his enemies under flags of truce. With most of their people transported west fewer than a hundred remained hidden in the heart of the Everglades members of the only tribe never to surrender. <p> . powerfully recreates the mid-19th century Seminole Indian Wars and the life of Osceola who courageously led his people against unjust U.S. government policies.-<i>Publishers Weekly</i>