The free and the dead: the untold story of the Black Seminole chief, the indigenous rebel, and America's forgotten war

Personae Notabiles [Micanopy, Chief of the Seminole Nation; Abraham, Black Seminold chief, Micanopy's sense bearer and interpreter ; Jumper, powerful chief allied with Seminoles, aka "the Lawyer" ; Andrew Jackson, 7th president of the U.S. ; Thomas Jesup, U.S. Quartermaster General, Commander of the Army of the South ; Abiaka, Miccosukee Chief, influential war leader, also known as Sam Jones ; Osceola, vocal warrior and enforcer, loyal to the Miccosukee tribe]

Inciting events [March 10, 1818 ; February 22, 1821 ; September 18, 1823 ; May 28, 1830 ; Decembr 1, 1833 ; November 24, 1834 ; February 16, 1835]

I : The Wilderness & Elsewhere

1 : The functionary

2 : Abraham's town

3 : Things lost

4 : Labyrinths of doubt

5 : The end

Masters of Breath

6 : Prophecy

7 : Trespass

8 : Kinship

9 : Fidelity

10 : Grace

11 : Contagion

II : The Huntsmen & The Devil

12 : The Quartermaster

13 : Prisoners

14 : The Warden's Rations

15 : Waiting for Osceola

16 : The Old Man

Gauntlet

17 : Live

18 : Walk

19 : Run

20 : Trust

21 : Stand

22 : Tell

The Remainders

23 : The Devil's Garden

24 : Ink & lead

25 : Autumn in New York

Coda.