1838 NEWSPAPER RARE SAMUEL COLT REVOLVER GRAPHIC PISTOL

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LEE OXFORD BOOKS Original and Authentic 19th-Century Newspapers & Historical Books New York American New-YorkAugust 7, 1838 FRONT PAGE - GENERAL THOMAS S. JESUP'S REPORT ON THE DECEPTIVE CAPTURE OF SEMINOLE INDIAN CHIEF OSCEOLA! RARE GRAPHIC AD - SAMUEL COLT REVOLVING RIFLE AND PISTOL DESCRIPTION: 4-page original newspaper in very good condition. Previously bound and separated. Approximately 16"x23". Browse my other auctions - click ! CONTENT: RARE - COLT'S PATENT - REPEATING FIRE ARMS - GRAPHIC ADVERTISEMENT - PAGE THREE - SEE PARTIAL SCAN - The Patent Arms Manufacturing Company, 155 Broadway, New York - Repeating Rifles, Pistols - Cap-Primers, more - C.B. Zabriskie, Sale Agent - Page Three Outside Right Column - Graphic 2"x2" ad with crossed pistols/revolvers and two rifles! "GENERAL JESUP'S REPORT" - "SO MUCH OF THIS REPORT AS RELATES TO THE VINDICATION OF GENERAL JESUP FROM THE CHARGE OF TREACHERY AND BREACH OF FAITH IN THE CAPTURE AND DETENSION OF OSCEOLA" - FRONT PAGE, COLUMNS ONE AND TWO - Below is the complete text of the portion of Jesup's Report which is printed on the Front Page of this newspaper. A most contraversial military action resulting in the capture of America's most-wanted Indian chief, the head of Florida's Seminole Indian Nation. "We would that the whole transaction could be blotted from our military annals." - Front Page - 22 Column Inches " On the 4th of September, several negroes surrendered at Fort Peyton, near St. Augustine, and communicated important information. Lieutenant Peyton, the commanding officer at the post, made arrangements to proceed with a part of his command against a body of Indians and negroes, which they represented to be forty or fifty miles below. Brigadier-General Hernandez, who commanded the troops and posts east of the St. John's, in- creased the force, took the direction of the movement, and pro-ceeded south ; the result of his operations was the surprise and capture of two camps of Indians and negroes, among whom were several important chiefs. " One of these chiefs, Emathla (King Phillip), desired to com- municate with his family, to induce them to surrender. General Hernandez permitted one of the prisoners to bear his message. Coacoochee (Little Wild Cat), a son of Phillip, returned with the messenger. Phillip, after conferring with him, proposed to send him out with messages to the chiefs and people, promising that many of them would return with him. General Hernandez informed me, that he was under no obligation to allow him to leave St. Augustine ; but, on full consideration of the subject, I deemed it proper to permit him to go with the message of his father. He promised to bring in all the Seminoles of the St. John's ; but I authorized no one to be invited to come in for any other purpose than to remain. I promised, however, that all who should come in and surrender, should receive kind treatment. Previous to his departure he examined several sites, in company with General Hernandez, for the purpose of determining on a suitable position for an encampment. " He went out, and on the 17th of October returned, and reported that about a hundred Indians, and as many negroes, were on their way to St. Augustine. General Hernandez, with a detachment of troops, went to meet them. He met the advance at Pellicier's Creek, and directed them to move forward to Fort Peyton, w it was intended they should encamp. " On the 20th, John Cavallo, a sub-chief, a hostage who had violated his parole in May of last year, came into St. Augustine with a message from Powell and Coe-Hajd, stating that they had encamped near the fort, and desired to see General Hernandez. Several negroes came in on the same day : from them I learned that the Indians had, but a short time previous, killed a white man ; that they did not intend to leave the country ; tha... read more

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