Scott had been injured in the Seminole and Creek Indian removal campaigns and would later run for President of the United States as a Whig candidate .
Scott was actually a close relative of the second wife of Poe 's foster father John Allan .
relative had been injured in the Seminole and Creek Indian removal campaigns and would later run for President of the United States as a Whig candidate .
Scott was actually a close relative of the second wife of Poe 's foster father John Allan .