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 OSCODA at the crossing of the Withlacoochee, and after a hard-fought action of upward of an hour was compelled to retreat. The Seminole chief was disabled early in the battle. Subsequently he fought several actions against the troops under Gen. Gaines, and on June 8, 1836, led a most daring and well conducted assault upon the fortified post at Micanopy, which was re- pulsed with difficulty by the garrison of 300 regular troops. On Aug. 16 he was attacked at Fort Drane, and narrowly escaped capture. For upward of a year he conducted the struggle against superior forces with energy and skill ; but on Oct. 21, 1837, while holding a con- ference under a flag of truce with Gen. Jesup near St. Augustine, he was seized with several of his followers, and confined at Fort Moultrie. OSCODA, a N. E. county of the S. peninsula of Michigan, intersected by the An Sable river ; area, 576 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 70. The sur- face consists of rolling table lands; the soil has but moderate fertility. OSEL. See OESEL. OSGOOD, David, an American clergyman, born in Andover, Mass., Oct. 14, 1747, died in Med- ford, Dec. 12, 1822. He graduated at Har- vard college in 1771, studied theology in Cam- bridge, was ordained Sept. 14, 1774, and set- tled in Medf ord, where he continued as minis- ter for nearly 50 years. He was a zealous fed- eralist, and one of his sermons in 1794, occa- sioned by Citizen Genet's appeal to the people against the government, passed through sev- eral editions. He was a thorough Calvinist, though most of his intimate associates were Unitarians. A volume of his sermons was published after his death (Boston, 1824). OSGOOD, Frances Sargent, an American poetess, born in Boston, June 18, 1811, died in Hing- ham, Mass., May 12, 1850. She was the daugh- ter of Mr. Locke, a merchant of Boston. In 1835 she was married to Mr. S. S. Osgood, a painter, with whom she went to London, and there published a small volume entitled " The Casket of Fate," and a collection of her po- ems entitled "A Wreath of Wild Flowers from New England " (8vo, 1839). She after- ward lived in New York, and edited several gift books. Her poems were published in 1846, and a complete collection in 1850. OSGOOD, Samuel, an American clergyman, born in Cllarlestown, Mass., Aug. 30, 1812. He graduated at Harvard college in 1832, and at the Cambridge divinity school in 1835. In 1836-'7 he was an editor of the "Western Messenger," at Louisville, Ky. In 1837 he was settled over the Unitarian church .in Nashua, N. H., whence he was called in 1841 to the Westminster church, Providence, E. I., and in 1849 to the church of the Messiah, New York, in which city he still resides. From 1850 to 1854 he was an editor of the "Chris- tian Inquirer " in New York. In 1869 he re- signed his pastoral charge of the church of the Messiah after 20 years' service, and went to Europe for rest and health ; and on his re- OSHKOSH 717 turn in 1870 he entered the Protestant Epis- copal church. He received the degree of D. D. from Harvard college in 1857, and that of LL.D. from Hobart college in 1872. He has been active in literary and educational interests in New York and New England, and was for years domestic corresponding secretary of the New York historical society. His first publica- tions were translations from Olshausen and De Wette, "The History of the Passion" (1839), and " Human Life " (1842). His original works are : " Studies in Christian Biography " (1851) ; " The Hearthstone " (1854) ; " God with Men " (1854) ; " Milestones in our Life Journey " (1855) ; " Student Life " (1860) ; and " Ameri- can Leaves " (1867). He has contributed large- ly to the " Christian Examiner," and published some articles in the "North American Ee- yiew," the "Bibliotheca Sacra," and the lead- ing monthly magazines. His printed sermons, speeches, and orations are numerous. He has of late given his time largely to lectures and literary labor, writing for leading journals and magazines, and lecturing and speaking at col- leges and other institutions of science and art. OSHIBIA (big island), the name usually ap- plied by the Japanese to the larger of a pair of adjacent islands, the smaller being called Koshima (little island). The of the first is long ; that of the second, short. Oshima, off the province of Idzu, is the best known of the many oshimas in Japanese waters. Foreigners sometimes call it Vries or Barneveld's island. It is the largest and most northern of the chain fronting the gulf of Yedo, is oval, about 8 in. long and 5 m. wide. At its centre is an active volcano, 2,556 ft. high, over which a white vapor cloud is usually floating, which at night often reflects like a mirror the glare of the fires in the crater, and forms a beacon for the mariner. In clear weather the island is a con- spicuous landmark, visible for many leagues. The slopes of the mountains are well cultiva- ted, and there are many villages with a con- siderable population. There is a junk harbor in the S. E. point of the island. OSHKOSH, a city and the capital of Winne- bago co., Wisconsin, on the W. shore of Lake Winnebago, at the mouth of the Upper Fox river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Oshkosh and Mississippi railroads, about 80 m. N. E. of Madison, and 80 m. N. N. W. of Milwaukee; pop. in 1860, 6,086; in 1870, 12,663; in 1875, estimated by local authorities at more than 16,000. It extends along both banks of the river, here spanned by two rail- road and two ordinary bridges, for nearly 3 m. from Lake Winnebago to Lake Buttes des Morts, and covers an area of about 8 sq. m., about half of which is closely built upon. The river is here about 600 ft. wide, forming a capacious harbor. The surrounding country is fertile, and the Wolf river, which falls into the Fox 12 m. above the city, affords communication with the rich lumber region to the north. The city is lighted with gas. The principal busi-