“He dug so deeply into her sentiments that in search of interest he found love, because by trying to make her love him he ended up falling in love with her. Petra Cotes, for her part, loved him more and more as she felt his love increasing, and that was how in the ripeness of autumn she began to believe once more in the youthful superstition that poverty was the servitude of love. Both looked back then on the wild revelry, the gaudy wealth, and the unbridled fornication as an annoyance and they lamented that it had cost them so much of their lives to find the paradise of shared solitude. Madly in love after so many years of sterile complicity, they enjoyed the miracle of living each other as much at the table as in bed, and they grew to be so happy that even when they were two worn-out people they kept on blooming like little children and playing together like dogs.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
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What was the rumor about Chief Osceola losing his head? ›
Osceola didn't die of violence, however. On January 30, 1838, Osceola died of a severe throat illness and most of him was buried on the grounds. Dr. Frederick Weedon kept Osceola's head as a scientific curiosity, and rumor has it that he would leave it on bedposts of children he felt needed discipline.
What was Osceola's last name? ›
Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Asi-yahola in Creek), named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama, became an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a Scotsman, James McQueen.
What were Chief Joseph's famous words? ›
Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself — and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.
What was Osceola dying of? ›
What illness did Osceola suffer from? ›
At the time of his capture, Osceola was already sick. He suffered from malaria and also may have developed an abscess as a result of acute tonsillitis. His capture and imprisonment, along with the separation from his people, did not help his already weakened state.
How did the US government trick Osceola? ›
The US government decided to use subterfuge to trick Osceola into meeting with government officials. In October 1837, Osceola and several other Seminole chiefs went to Fort Augustine, Florida under a flag of truce, under the belief that the government would negotiate with them.
What is Chief Osceola's horses name? ›
Osceola, representing the historical Seminole leader Osceola, and his Appaloosa horse Renegade introduce home football games by riding to midfield with a burning spear and planting it in the turf.
What does removal mean to Osceola? ›
To Osceola, a leader of the Seminole in Florida, 'removal' meant the forced displacement and a loss of his people's homeland, leading to resistance against U.S. government forces.
What do the great white chiefs not tell Chief Joseph? ›
The Great White Chiefs did not tell Chief Joseph about their plans for relocation, encroachment upon their lands, or insufferable living conditions that the Native Americans would experience. Chief Joseph indicates that wars can only end when every man respects the rights of others, emphasizing peace and equality.
Dr. Valentine Mott displayed the head in a museum where it was preserved until the building burned down in 1866. It is assumed that the head burned in the fire, but its whereabouts remain unverified. The rest of Chief Osceola's body is buried outside Fort Moultrie.
