- Fact 2 - These tribes were
hunters and farmers and often lived in permanent homes and
shelters called Wattle and Daub Houses known as Asi.
- Fact 2 - Kentucky - The Indians of
Kentucky were the
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Mosopelea, Shawnee and
Yuchi who became part of the Creek Indian War
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Illinois Indiana Missouri Ohio Tennessee Virginia West Virginia
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Based on the Iroquois Indian word "Ken-tah-ten," meaning
"land of tomorrow"
- Fact 5 - Features of the area:
Mountainous in east; rounded hills in the north; Bluegrass,
wooded rocky hillsides
- Fact 6 - The
Cherokee
tribe of Indians were one of the "Five Civilized Tribes",
because they had assimilated cultural and customs of the white
settlers and colonists. The Cherokee refer to themselves as the
"Principal People". The "Five Civilized Tribes" were the
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole
- Fact 7 - The Chickasaw warred
constantly with the Choctaw, the Creek, the Cherokee, and the
Shawnee tribes. Their language, Chickasaw, is a Muskogean
language closely related to that of the Choctaw. They were
removed to Indian Territory to Oklahoma in the 1830s.
- Fact 8 - The Mosopelea also known as the Ofo
people, were a Sioux speaking tribe who originally inhabited
Ohio. They were among the tribes conquered by the Iroquois in
the early 1670s, during the Beaver Wars, which resulted in them
moving South but they eventually became extinct and became
assimilated into the Biloxi and Tunica peoples.
- Fact 9 - The Shawnee were Algonquian-speaking
tribes who were spread over a widespread geographic area
although their earliest known home was in the state of Ohio.
Traditionally the Shawnee lived in bark-covered houses grouped
into large villages near cornfields. Many Shawnee fought as
allies of their French trading partners during the early years
of the French and Indian War (aka Seven Years War). In fact, the
warlike Shawnee participated in almost every war of the Old
West. They were greatly feared as it was their custom to torture
their prisoners.
- Fact 10 -
The Yuchi tribe of Indians originally lived in the
eastern Tennessee River valley in Tennessee. They were were
decimated from extensive epidemics of new infectious diseases
and warfare from other tribes. During the 17th century, they
moved to Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia and South Carolina. They
were included in the Creek confederacy for political reasons in
the 19th century.
- Fact 11 - Asi - Wattle and Daub Houses were used
by the
Cherokee,
Choctaw, Creeks and the south-eastern tribeswho wanted
permanent homes to suit their farmer-hunter life styles
- Fact 12 - Asi - Wattle and Daub Houses were
constructed by using a frame work of poles intertwined with
branches and vines covered with mud
- Fact 13 - History:
1813 - 1814 - The Creek Indian War
- Fact 14 -
1836 - 1837 - The Second Creek War (Seminole War) in which Creek
warriors were defeated at Hobdy's Bridge South Alabama
- Fact 15 -
1832-1839 - Removal of
the
Seminole,
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and
Creek Indians,
known as the "Five Civilized Tribes", to Indian Territory
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