The three pyramids seen here cover vaults containing the individually
unidentified remains of 1468 soldiers killed during the Florida Indian wars.
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The Florida Indian wars began with the murder of an Indian Agent
at Fort King on December 25th, 1835, while enroute from Fort Brooke
(Tampa) to Fort King (Ocala). 106 Officers and Men under the command of
Major Francis L. Dade, Company B, 4th Regiment of Infantry, were
ambushed by hostile Indians on December 28th, 1835. All but two men
were killed in the attack. The remains of Major Dade and those who
perished with him are interred beneath these pyramids.
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