My guess is that he latched on to the Seminoles due to the whole “undefeated” myth that people have about them. My own meagre knowledge comes from the fact that I was in the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment* which was founded as the 2nd Dragoons to fight the Seminoles. Something about them providing asylum to escaped slaves making them a threat, but I don’t want to go down that rabbit hole now so I’ll just leave my unreliable tidbits as they fall.
*Now just 2nd Cavalry Regiment, having swapped Abrams and Bradleys for Strykers. Kind of dating myself here.
