 Remembering the lessons he had learned in the Second Seminole War, he set up a system of forts in a line across Florida, and patrols moved deep into Seminole territory.He planned to confine the Seminoles to the Big Cypress Swamp and the Everglades, because he believed they would be unable to live there during the wet season.He anticipated being able to catch the Indians when they left their flooded sanctuaries seeking dry land for raising their crops.