On the 9th of April, 1842, the last battle of the Seminole War was fought. The conflict took place at Pilaklakaha, chief Mickenopah's old town, near the Great Wahoo Swamp. General William J. Worth commanded in person, with about four hundred troops.

   The attack was made against the stronghold of Haleck Tustenuggee, an inveterate opponent of emigration, and his band of forty warriors.

   After a prolonged and cautious fight, the Indians scattered and escaped. A few days afterward, the chief entered General Worth's camp with his warriors in an almost starving condition, when the entire band was made prisoners.

   The scene of this closing conflict was only a short distance east of the Dade massacre battleground. Thus, by a strange coincidence, the long and stubborn Seminole War ended almost on the very spot where it had begun.   

   Shortly before active hostilities were brought to a termination, General Worth reported to the War Department that, as near as he could estimate, only about three hundred Seminoles remained in Florida.    These, he said, could not be captured, as they were hiding in various remote sections of the country.

   He advised that they be allowed to remain in the Territory, and that the greater part of the troops be withdrawn. 

  The Department did not at first agree to these suggestions, but when the Governor of Florida and many of the state's leading citizens wrote to the Secretary making precisely the same request, it was thought best to comply.

   Accordingly, after considerable delay and extended search, representatives of the remnant were found and were induced to visit the headquarters of General Worth August 14th, 1842, at which time a final "talk" was held and peace terms agreed to.

   The Indians were allowed to remain in the territory on condition that they would cease all hostilities and never renew them, and that they would retire to a certain designated part of the southern extremity of the peninsula.

   Considerable doubt was expressed by many at the time as to whether these terms were temporary or permanent; but the government had no intention to depart from its original policy, and the Indians were this time fully informed as to the temporary character of the arrangement.

   General Orders (No. 28) were now issued, under date of August 14th, announcing the war at an end, and a large number of troops were withdrawn. General Worth retired for a time from the command and went to Washington, where he received promotion as a reward for his zealous and successful efforts to terminate the war.