 They faded away, having inflicted more casualties than they suffered, and the Battle of Loxahatchee was over.In February 1838, the Seminole chiefs Tuskegee and Halleck Hadjo approached Jesup with the proposal to stop fighting if they could stay in the area south of Lake Okeechobee, rather than relocating west.Jesup favored the idea but had to gain approval from officials in Washington for approval.