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r, and the government took possession of it in 1811. Some irritation ensued. In the war with Great Britain (1812), the Spanish authorities at Pensacola favored the English. An expedition against the Americans having been fitted out there, General Jackson captured that town. Again, in 1818, it was captured by Jackson, but subsequently returned to Spain. Florida was purchased from Spain by the United States in 1819, and was surrendered to the latter in July, 1821. Emigration then began toJackson, but subsequently returned to Spain. Florida was purchased from Spain by the United States in 1819, and was surrendered to the latter in July, 1821. Emigration then began to flow into the Territory, in spite of many obstacles. In 1835 a distressing warfare broke out between the fierce Seminole Indians (q. v.), who inhabited some of the better portions of Florida, and the government of the United States, and continued until 1842, when the Ind- Scene of the murder of the Huguenots by Melendez. Early Indian life in Florida. (from an old print.) ians were subdued, though not thoroughly conquered. Florida was admitted into the Union as a State on March 8, 184