The Dade battle (often called the Dade massacre) was an 1835 military defeat for the United States Army. The U.S. was attempting to force the Seminoles to move away from their land in Florida and relocate to Indian Territory (in what would become Oklahoma). Amidst a war between the Government of the United States and the Seminole two U.S. Army companies under the command of Major Francis L. Dade, consisting in total of 110 soldiers, were ambushed by 180 Seminole warriors during a march. Only three U.S. soldiers survived, and one died of his wounds the following day.
In the aftermath of the battle, the Second Seminole War lasted until 1842 when most of the Seminoles were defeated and relocated.
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