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Return to Florida
Audubon was so pleased with his Florida expedition that he planned to
return in 1837 to explore the west coast.
"We hope to go with Capn Day or Capn Coste as far as Cape Sable and visit
all the Keys ... the Western coast of Floridas before we sail for the
Westward." Letter to John Bachman, March 3, 1837.
The outbreak of the Second Seminole War, however, made Florida much too
dangerous a destination. The Bulow plantation, where Audubon had stayed
in 1831, was destroyed by Seminoles just after Christmas, 1835. Audubon
briefly visited Pensacola, but was unsuccessful in arranging for transporation
east and south. He followed the Gulf coast west to Texas instead.
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