“Niles’ Florida: The First War” provides comprehensive, first-hand, coverage of the first Seminole War.  Based largely on news articles and letters from individuals, who were on the ground in Spanish Florida, the chronology of the events takes on an air of intrigue.

The Indian massacre of men, women, and children at Fort Mims brings the wrath of American military forces, eventually ending at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.  The Indians, who escape, make their way across the frontier into Spanish Florida.  The combined forces of renegade Creek Indians, Seminole Indians, and Africans, all living in Spanish Florida, continue to pose a threat to the Americans.  Andrew Jackson is eventually called back into the action to quell the disturbances in Spanish Florida.