Charles Coe was among the few white people who troubled to take up and
write about the tragic treatment of the Seminole Indians by the American
government (and people). Coe makes it clear that his book, Red Patriots,
published in 1898, was "written from the standpoint of the Indian and
includes much new and interesting information, and the correction of
many erroneous ideas." The University Press of Florida reprinted the
work in 1974 with an introduction, notes and index by Dr. Charlton
Tebeau, who wrote, "The author's purpose is first to show how wrong the
Indians were treated in the steps leading to the conflict [the Second
Seminole War], how patriotically they resisted removal, and the
unreasonable lengths to which the United States and Florida went to
expel them." With the permission of the University Press of Florida and
the cooperation of Applewood Books, this current edition includes Dr.
Tebeau's work and other new prefatory material.