# Osceola — Leaves of Grass character guide

> Osceola in Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** himself

**First appearance:** 0687-osceola

## Who they are

Seminole leader who appears as a defiant figure in a later poem.

## In the story

### [Osceola](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leaves_of_grass_se/chapters/osceola)

The young Seminole leader who dies of a broken heart after imprisonment, preparing himself with war dress and paint before his final farewell.

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