History - Where we came from Osceola and Abiaka Those years were
further illuminated by two legendary Seminole leaders - the
famous warrior Osceola (a.k.a. William Powell) and the
inspirational medicine man Abiaka (a.k.a. Sam Jones). Elegant in
dress, handsome of face, passionate in nature and giant of ego,
Osceola masterminded successful battles against five baffled
U.S. generals, murdered the United State's Indian agent, took
punitive action against any who cooperated with the white man
and stood as a national manifestation of the Seminoles' strong
reputation for non-surrender. Osceola was not a chief with the
heritage of a Micanopy or Jumper, but his skill as an orator and
his bravado in conflict earned him great influence over Seminole
war actions. Osceola's capture, under a controversial flag of
truce offered by Gen. Thomas Jessup, remains today one of the
blackest marks in American military history. A larger-than-life
character, Osceola is the subject of numerous myths; his 1838
death in a Charleston, S