It wasn't long before the Seminoles began fighting back like a self-reliant housewife in a bad Lifetime Original Movie. Though he had no supplies, little in the way of weapons, and no reinforcements to speak of, Osceola took his war parties against the full might of the U.S. Army like a squadron of X-Wings assaulting the Death Star in the space above Yavin IV. He launched hit-and-run attacks against technologically and numerically superior American patrols, flying in out of nowhere, ambushing the shit out of the enemy, killing anyone foolish enough to not immediately run screaming into the woods, and then looting the supply trains. Using these tactics, Osceola was able to secure a large stockpile of weapons and medical supplies, which he then used to launch raids on American villages and towns. The contant Seminole attacks had many panicked white settlers taking the first train back to Whiteyville, and the tribes bolstered their numbers by destroying a bunch of huge plantations and recruiting the freed slaves into their ranks.
Seriously, go read the whole thing, it's fantastic. The other ones probably are, too; this is just the one I got in my e-mail. *goes to read the rest*
2 comments:
I didnt laugh so much
as cheered.
thanks for posting that
~blu
Yeah. He has some other "badasses" I don't find quite so awesome (Andrew Jackson? Really?), but I definitely cheered at this one and Lapu-Lapu and a few others.
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