- Fact 2 - They inhabited lands of
Woodland, lakes, rivers and
streams and were hunters, fishers and farmers. Their crops
included rice, squash, melons, pumpkins.
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: From the Iroquois Indian word for "good river"
- Fact 5 - Features of the area:
Rolling plain, plateau located in the east
- Fact 6 - The Indians of Ohio
included the Illinois tribe (Illini), Iroquois, Chippewa,
Delaware, Erie, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Kaskaskia,
Miami, Wyandot and Shawnee tribes.
- Fact 7 - The Illinois tribe (Illini
or Illiniwek) were hunters and fishers. The name "Iliniwek" is
an old Ojibwe word borrowed into French as 'Illinois'. In the
17th century, the Illiniwek declined due to a combination of
European diseases and a war with the local tribes. In 1769 the
allied Iroquois, Kickapoo, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Sac
and Fox tribes massacred the Illinois.
- Fact 8 - The Iroquois are also
known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse".
Tribes of Iroquoian-speaking people formed the Iroquois League
referred to as the Five Nations or Iroquois Confederacy was
composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
nations.
- Fact 9 - The Chippewa people were
members of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior.
The people's name, is given as Ojibwe in Canada but as Chippewa
in the United States. The Chippewa waged extremely violent war
on their enemies - they were so feared that the French
considered the complete annihilation of this tribe.
- Fact 10 -
The Lenape, also referred to as Lenapi or the Delaware Indians,
are a group of several organized bands who lived along the
Delaware River. The "three sisters," corn (maize), beans and
squash were the staples of their diet, supplemented by fish and
game.
- Fact 11 - The Erie, also called the
"Cat" or the "Raccoon" people, originally lived on the south
shore of Lake Erie. The Erie lived in long houses in villages
enclosed in palisades They were decimated by warfare with the
neighboring Iroquois in the 1700's and those who remained merged
with the Seneca tribe.
- Fact 12 - The Ottawa adopted a
Woodlands culture living in wigwams or longhouses. They allied
themselves with the French and the Huron which automatically
made them the enemies of the Iroquois.
- Fact 13 - The Potawatomi closely
related to the Ojibwa and Ottawa tribes and adopted a Woodlands
culture living in wigwams or longhouses. closely related to the
Ojibwa and Ottawa tribes and adopted a Woodlands culture living
in wigwams or longhouses. The Potawatomi supported Pontiac's
Rebellion, fought against the United States were friendly to the
French and aided them against the English
- Fact 14 - The Kickapoo adopted a
Woodlands culture living in wigwams or longhouses but also
hunted buffalo which they adopted from the neighboring tribes in
the Plains area. Their name is derived from the Algonquin word 'kiwegapawa'
meaning “he stands about” or “he moves about.”
- Fact 15 - The Kaskaskia were one of
about a dozen tribes that made up the Illiniwek Confederation or
Illinois Confederation.
- Fact 16 - The Miami tribe was
originally found in what is now Indiana, southwest Michigan, and
western Ohio. The name Miami derives from the Algonquian term
meaning "downstream people."
- Fact 17 - Huron, also called
Wyandot, are known in their native language of the Iroquoian
family as the Wendat. Their culture was substantially that of
the area of the Eastern woodlands. They lived in palisaded
villages, cultivated tobacco and were strong allies of the
French. The tribe were the mortal enemies of the Iroquois who
eventually fled to Quebec.
- Fact 18 - 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 20 - 1774 - Indian War / Lord
Dunmore's War - Lord Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, sends in
soldiers to defeat the Native Shawnee Indians who had attacked
the settlers
- Fact 21 - 1795 - Treaty of
Greenville ends the Indian Wars in Ohio
- Fact 22 - 1842 - The Wyandots, Ohio's last Indian tribe, leave
Ohio.
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