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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indians, (search)
ewasor OjibwaysSouthern shore of Lake Superior. II. Wyandotte or Huron-Iroquois tribes: Eries (Huron or Wyandotte-Iroquois）Southern shore of Lake Erie. Andastes (Huronor Wyandotte-Iroquois）Head-waters of the Ohio. Wyandottes (Huron or Wyandotte-Iroquois）Territory north of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Senecas (Iroquois proper)Western New York. Cayugas (Iroquois proper)Central New York. Onondagaeight Great families at the time of the first settlements—Continued. Name.Location. Chowans (Huron) or Wyandotte-Iroquois）Southern Virginia. Metherrins (Huron or Wyandotte-Iroquois）Southern VirgHuron or Wyandotte-Iroquois）Southern Virginia. Nottaways (Huron or Wyandotte-IroquoisSouthern Virginia. III. CatawbasW. North and South Carolina. IV CherokeesMountainous regions of Tennessee, Georgia, North and South Carolina. V. UcheesHuron or Wyandotte-IroquoisSouthern Virginia. III. CatawbasW. North and South Carolina. IV CherokeesMountainous regions of Tennessee, Georgia, North and South Carolina. V. UcheesAbout Augusta, Ga. VI. NatchezN. W. Mississippi. VII. Mobilian or Muscogees: ChikasawsWestern Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. ChoctawsEastern Mississippi and Western Alabama. CreeksAl
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indians, American (search)
honors were gained sometimes by inheritance, but more frequently by personal merit. Such was the simple Indian arrow-heads. government, seldom disobeyed, that controlled about 1,000,000 dusky inhabitants of the present domain of the United States, which extends over nearly twenty-five degrees of latitude and about sixty degrees of longitude. Geographical distribution. There seem to have been only eight radically distinct nations known to the earlier settlers— namely, the Algonquian, Huron-Iroquois, Cherokee, Catawba, Uchee, Natchez, Mobilian or Floridian, and Dakota or Sioux. More recently, other distinct nations have been discovered—namely, the Athabascas, Sahaptins, Chinooks, Shoshones, and Attakapas. Others will doubtless be found. The Algonquians were a large family occupying all Canada, New England, a part of New York and Pennsylvania; all New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia; eastern North Carolina above Cape Fear, a large part of Kentucky and Tennessee, an
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oneida Indians, (search)
, N. Y. Divided into three clans—the Wolf, Bear, and Turtle—their tribal totem was a stone in a forked stick, and their name meant tribe of the granite rock. Tradition says that when the great confederacy was formed, Hiawatha said to them: You, Oneidas, a people who recline your bodies against the Everlasting Stone, that cannot be moved, shall be the second nation, because you give wise counsel. Very soon after the settlement of Canada they became involved in wars with the French and their Huron and Montagnais allies. In 1653 they joined their neighbors, the Onondagas, in a treaty of peace with the French, and received missionaries from the latter. At that time they had been so reduced by war with southern tribes that they had only 150 warriors. In the general peace with the French, in 1700, they joined their sister nations; and when the Revolutionary War was kindling they alone, of the then Six Nations in the great council, opposed an alliance with the English. They remained
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Dakota, (search)
ans make two unsuccessful assaults on Fort Abercrombie......September, 1862 First ground in Dakota broken for the Northern Pacific Railroad at Grand Forks......Jan. 2, 1872 Settlement begun at Bismarck......1872 Military reconnoitring expedition to the Black Hills under General Custer, accompanied by a scientific exploring party, leaves Fort Abraham Lincoln......July 2, 1874 Senate bill to form Territory of Pembina from the northern part of Dakota is amended, changing the name to Huron, and passes the Senate Dec. 20, 1876. Referred in House to committee on Territories......Jan. 4, 1877 Seat of government of Dakota Territory removed to Bismarck......1883 Delegates from North Dakota at Fargo protest against the State constitution framed by a convention at Sioux Falls, Sept. 4, 1883, for Dakota, with the 46th parallel for northern boundary......Sept. 12, 1883 Act for admission of State of Dakota passes the United States Senate, the remainder of the Territory to be c