Through the story of one family, we learn how white settlers moved into the Florida territory, taking it from the natives with false treaties and finally all-out war. The natives in Florida had arrived there not long before, coming to fill the area left by earlier natives who had died off after the first contact with Europeans. Most of the arriving white settlers had been lured there by a federal government anxious to expand its territory. Thus, both sides were newcomers anxious to «take Florida» and found themselves in conflict with each other. Paul Varnes has created a sweeping and believable story of early Florida derived from the experiences of his own ancestors. The characters in Black Creek are based on his family members a generation before those he used for his first novel, Confederate Money .
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Paul Varnes. Black Creek
Black Creek
Contents
PART I. The First. Seminole War. June 27, 1817
July 6, 1817
May 10, 1818
PART II. Moving to. Florida. February 1, 1819
November 15, 1820
February 1, 1821
July 15, 1821
October 15, 1823
January 15, 1826
June 12, 1828
March 15, 1830
March 1, 1832
PART III. War on the Horizon. August 10, 1833
PART IV. The Second. Seminole War. November 10, 1835
January 8, 1836
March 7, 1836
September 18, 1837
January 1, 1838
February 5, 1838
November 15, 1840
December 11, 1840
PART V. The Struggle Continues. April 1, 1843
December 25, 1855
Epilogue
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
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This book is dedicated to my ancestors and
other American pioneers.
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The next two months were quiet compared to our trip to Florida. There’s always enough work to keep everyone busy on a farm, but it being July and August, the farm work slowed some. We then took some time for fishing. Additionally, Pa did some survey work and some property trading. He had some kind of deal going about property all the time.
Pa couldn’t read much English and was only fair with German. There wasn’t much call for reading German in Camden County, Georgia, then. Actually, there wasn’t much call for reading English either. Ma did most of the paperwork for Pa, or he hired it done. Pa was mighty sharp with numbers though, in English and German. I don’t recall anyone ever getting the best of Pa where numbers were concerned.
