CHAPTER XVII.

Florida Ceded to the United States.--Attempt of the Spanish Governor to carry away the Records.--Description of St. Augustine when Transferred.--Population in 1830.--Town during the Indian War.--Osceola and Coa-cou-che.--A True Account of the Dungeon in the Old Fort, and the Iron Cages.--The Indians brought to St. Augustine in 1875. 143