Iroquois

Geronimo (Apache chief) leads attacks into Mexico. The U.S. then places soldiers near his reservation, so Geronimo and some of his people escape to their stronghold in Mexico and build an army. Geronimo flees the reservation again when he hears rumors he is going to be arrested. Then the U.S. army sends a large force against Geronimo's 24 men. He surrenders and is sent to prison in Florida. He dies on a reservation as a prisoner of war. Little Wolf (Northern−Cheyenne chief) who helps lead a…

respond by building forts to secure what they believe is theirs and to establish a Western border,” (The Seven Years’ War-1754-1763 (French and Indian War) 4). The two main powers: England and France, had many allies like Prussia, Hanover and the Iroquois Confederacy on the side of Britain and then Austria and many other Indian tribes on the side of the French, (“Seven Year’s War”). “During the land disputed the Royal Governor of Virginia dispatched a messenger to warn the French of their…

Black Robe gave its audience a depiction of early colonial times when missionary work was a prominent goal in colonization. Upon first contact, the Native Americans were an essential resource for survival. As the years came the Native Americans became major trading partners with colonists, at least until their resources ran out. Over the duration of these relations each tribe reached a point of dependency on European goods. Black Robe provided us with an understanding of how misunderstands…

“In weighing the conduct of an individual, of a group of individuals, or of a nation, we should take into consideration their mental endowment, moral standard, social aptitude and the kind of temptation they meet or that may have been thrust upon them.”(Siles, pg.509) In The Indian Wars of Pennsylvania, this is C. Hale Siles’ argument for categorizing the Native American fighters of the Revolutionary War as immoral and savage. Moreover, he faults them for lacking Christian teachings, and cites…

through alliances, causing the war to become a possibility for the first global war. Nevertheless, the war’s main focus was in North America. Native American tribes were also involved such as the Algonquins, who sided with the French in battle; the Iroquois alongside the American colonists fought for the British. As for the front in America, scholars and writers have differing opinions as to whether the Seven Years’ War transformed the colonial life, causing them to push towards a revolution and…

Starting even before the founding of the United States of America, the events that have transpired from the late 1500s within these lands have greatly impacted the lives lived today. From the invasion by the Europeans, decimation of Native American populations, creation of a new nation, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, John Smith’s capitalism, the US Constitution, and other numerous events, every action upon this soil has in one form or another created the conditions for the chance at life,…

Struggle1, and the English did not thrive during these years. The British nautical fortifications were scarce so the colonists fought the war essentially on their own. Practically all-Indian tribes were then also united with the French. Only the Iroquois had seen their people forced to the British side, but they did not engage and kept themselves as neutral as possible.2 The second stage of the war began in 1756 when the governments of France and England officially released aggressions towards…

Though it would take almost two centuries, the shift of Native American population from majority to minority was ever apparent. Around two million natives existed near the beginning of the 17th century, whereas there were no more than 250,000 European colonists a century later. The following 50 years from 1700-1750 would exchange these figures, leaving roughly 250,000 natives and 1,250,000 colonists and African American slaves. Amidst this drastic demographic shift, Native American’s personal…

self-governed, they were called Patriots. Others didn’t want to break away from Britain and remained British citizens. These people were called Loyalists. The French and Indian War was a fought between France and the Colonists. With the help of the Iroquois Indians, France was on the winning side in conquering the colonies. But when Great Britain entered the war, the end result would turn out differently. In order to protect the colonists, Britain had to spend substantial amounts of money on…

It was since the period of the Stone Age and up to the greeting with Europeans, the first colonizers in North America dwelled primarily as huntsmen and collectors. Throughout the most primitive ages, the Stone Age, the North American pioneers had the identical cultivation transformations as well, when approximately twenty-thousand years before, a band of natives relocated to lower regions of North American and stayed there. These individuals acknowledged sharing distinctive beliefs which were in…