sentences:  The stage was thus set for a major crisis as the army received orders to evict the blacks then sheltering under Fort Gibson's walls and force their return to enslavement under the Seminole, now headed up by the pro-Creek faction who supported the institution of chattel slavery as practiced back east.John Horse, with all his options exhausted and even the government and its army turned against him, faced a decision.Although the army generals were friendly to John Horse and his interests, they were bound by their duty.