| Date |
Event |
Trail Link |
| 1812 |
John Horse born |
 |
| 1813 |
Seminoles settle on Suwannee
River |
 |
| 1818 |
Seminoles evacuate Suwannee |
|
| 1818 |
Jackson drives blacks from Suwannee, burns
towns |
|
| 1826 |
John Horse engages in turtle ruse |
|
| 1835 |
Dade's Massacre |
|
| 1836 |
John Horse fights valiantly at Wahoo
Swamp |
|
| 1837 |
John Horse signs articles halting
the war |
|
| 1837 |
Osceola, Sam Jones, John Horse
lead flight from Tampa |
|
| 1837 |
Jesup captures Osceola & John Horse under white
flag |
|
| 1837 |
Seminole leaders escape from Fort
Marion |
|
| 1837 |
Battle of Okeechobee |
|
| 1838 |
John Horse surrenders under promise of
freedom |
|
| 1838 |
Black Seminoles emigrate West with
Indians |
|
| 1839 |
John Horse returns to Florida as Army
scout |
|
| 1840 |
Susan and John Horse marry |
|
| 1841 |
Coacoochee surrenders |
|
| 1844 |
Coacoochee leads delegation to
Washington |
|
| 1844 |
1st assassination attempt on John
Horse |
|
| 1845 |
Jesup brings Seminole case before
President |
|
| 1848-49 |
Government ruling threatens John
Horse's family with slavery |
|
| 1849 |
200 Seminole allies head for Mexico where slavery is
outlawed |
|
| 1850 |
Seminole allies cross to freedom in
Mexico |
|
| 1851-54 |
Seminole allies protect Mexico from Apaches &
Comanches |
|
| 1851-59 |
Texas slavers try to capture Black Seminoles in
Mexico |
|
| 1859 |
Black Seminoles move to Laguna de
Parras |
|
| 1864 |
John Horse serves as colonel in Mexican
Army |
|
| 1871 |
John Horse advises Scouts at Fort
Duncan |
|
| 1872-1914 |
Scouts' families settle on Las Moras Creek in
Brackettville |
|
| 1876 |
Assassins try to kill John Horse in
Brackettville |
|
| 1877 |
John Horse returns to Nacimiento |
|
| 1881 |
Nacimiento grant is threatened |
|
| 1882 |
John Horse travels to Mexico City to protect
grant |
|
| 1882 |
John Horse plans visit to Dictator
Diaz |
|
| 1882 |
John Horse dies in Mexico City |
|
| 1887 |
Porfirio Diaz protects the Nacimiento land
grant |
|
