Distant Drums is a gripping movie set in the 1840s, following a widowed cowboy in the untamed Florida Everglades as he battles Native American uprisings and treacherous swamps. With elements of action, adventure, and drama, this film depicts the story of courage and survival in a dangerous jungle.
An angry Seminole chief wages war after his tribe is relocated from Florida to the American West.
In the year 1835, during the Second Seminole War in Florida, a commanding officer must negotiate peace with the Seminole Indians while dealing with issues of friendship, betrayal, and false accusations.
A disgraced Confederate Colonel who has deserted his command flees to the Everglades where he encounters a disparate group of four other Southern deserters. Together they struggle to find their way out of the swamp and resolve their own personal demons under the eyes of hostile Seminoles as they battle to survive the elements and each other.
In the early 1900s, a group of conservationists embarks on a survival adventure in the treacherous Florida Everglades. They face various challenges including encounters with dangerous animals, crooked businessmen, and environmental issues. Along the way, they develop a mutual respect for each other and the fragile ecosystem they are trying to protect.
Florida, 1830 - Of all eastern Native American tribes, only the Seminoles have resisted being moved to reservations. Having retreated to Florida, they live a simple horticultural life. But white plantation owners, angry at the increasing numbers of black slaves fleeing to Seminole protection, want to take their land. Plantation owner Raynes, in particular, has convinced the military to wipe out the Seminoles. His rival Moore, a sawmill owner from the North who has a Seminole wife, is against slavery and considers it unprofitable. Chief Osceola sees the coming danger; he tries to avoid provoking the whites, but cannot prevent the war that breaks out in 1835.
In the 1830s a Florida slave trader captures the wife of Chief Osceola, setting off a war between the Seminoles and the U.S. Army.
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