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Title	Indian Tribes That Hunted In and Claimed Parts of West Virginia
Description	Brief overview of Native American tribes that resided in West Virginia. Huron -- Mohawk -- Mingoes -- Delaware --Cherokee -- Shawnee -- Tuscaroras.
Subject	Indians of North America
DLA Category	Minorities
Place	West Virginia
Format	9 leaves (8.5 x 11 in.)
Type	Text
Holding Library	West Virginia Wesleyan College;
Identifier	wv00102p
Relation	Greta Proudfood Collection
Note	No author or publisher is given. The books listed in the bibliography were published between 1895 and 1920. This document was likely published in the 1920s.
Transcript	PARTS- - OF - T- E ST VITGINIA ( B r i s t l y , a k i l ~ r e , a r u f f i a n ) Origin of the name, Huron: Father Lalement , ( a French p r i e s t ) said t h a t i n 1600 1:~ hen thcsc people f i r s t reached the F r e n a trading post on the S t. La~; r=. clice, a French soliLier see-i- ng then wearing t h e i r h a i r cropped a~ ld roached, gave t'ilerz the name I- I~ roil, t h e i r heads sug~ gesteci tl. lose of the v i l d boar. This i r l b e orlg117; ~ teC: rltJar Olltarlo. C h a q l a i n a9ia h l s followers c a l l therr! - 12s - bo- r ~ s- I rocr- u- ois' th e good Iroqunis, They a c r s ~ ~ u a s h e st , o bcir, crr, ? lest IS, ar, d a ~. il~ r) f' ~~ e? 2-, sn d from t h e seeds o? tlie l a s t they extrttct ec; ail o l l f r o r ~~ nhin, llt hey arir~ inetd thi: lr h,:: tds. The chief u rre- t: cllolj~ nb y the ? lot he!- s of the race. The c r l b e c ~ d eof rlort. 1~ t - rar: pocld. Guilty persons were not pu: ilslled d i r e r , t l y , the greatt? ct p e n a l t y. sns tn h a y r e them u-- rot ect eci so t h a t t l i e l r ( a. ier~ iesc qulii be revel7gcd Lq, nn them, but at t h e i r omn r i s k o r p e r i l , k l l ric; t c r i a l ob,] e c t s vere ' rod- s1: lpped by ther?, t: lt? e l f ? - mdr, ts and many c r e a t u r t s of a t e e r l i - 1 ~ fa ncy rrhich i q their lrien u i r e c t l y or retlot cly ~ riluc7lcecl t h e i r 1 ~ 1 c : l l belng. r l - L xle clezd mere wrappca i :. l f ui- s neat 1 y co7,~ ercd vit, ll f 1 ex-iblt. bark avid placed uFon a. p l a t f o r r ~ - ( : s t i n g 9 2 four : : i l l a r s , o r som? t: r? es the body vas pl. act; c! i. 1 a C; r; Lrc alnd over it mere l a i d small ~ ) i e c e sof t iriibdr, covered rritll strong piecesoof bark then with c c r t h. qver the grave a cahjq vas u~ uz11. y3 ~: ilt. Every 8 or 10 years, at the great f e a s t of tire dcnd, the 11oc: ies of t l l q s ~ v~ ho had died i l l t h a t period nre- re takr: q up and ' nuriec! I- ritb el. zb-o r a t e and solemn public cel- crlo :. l; ; r i! n one grave. Ill 1615 when Champlain f i r s t v i s i t e d the Hurons, he estimated frori t h e i r OIVE staterqegts t, S- lz, t they gumberec! 30,000. The ~ doha~ vlcws ith 400 guns def e: i. tecl the Iiurons v~ ho had but f eyV. Foa years they vcre s c a t t ercd. 1: 7i- 5 a ~ ) ~ rotf yI ~ U I - Ou~~ S3 cIer t h e i r c h i e f , Tiicholas, a v i l y :; c:-- c~ f; e, riucll t o be f erzrod, f 0:- r~ ed 3. p1. o: t o clest roy t h e. J ' rei7c:; , 3 ~ 1 ti t I- r: Ls revealed h ~ ar liu.; : nvl T: Jor. iaq. ilicholau a& h i s ; nar~- Io:: s rloverl t3 ? l r i l r ~. SO fts- as is ktiown, t h i s i s the first t:- ibe t11~ 1, lti ved ill Vest f ' i r g i l i i a t e r r i t o r y. ( ~ a tl i v i n g thi: y; s, br: ar people) A t r i b e of t h e Six Hat imls ::) xi at f i r s t occupiod t h e FIoha.. rk River iii lde:\ t YC) rl: r the:^ mere thc: t3~~ stcryt r1i b e i n t h e c o d e ( ? - erncy a:? u t h e Senecas.- rere tllc rester:^^. Frori tl? e C- iglish al? ci Dttch t i l e y nt: cL~ red f irea:- r. ls : i~ xl thus became a t e r r o r t o the remotest tribes, 3ei- y; n a t ~ a r a l l ~ tl; l e best - rasri? r.; , they over - ran 7 Q a s ~ ~ c l i ~ t: s; e, tT Tirgi? ? la, W e v ~ ~ s : r l ~ ~ ; , ~ i ; ~ , arid T ' i € ! ! 3 t ? ' i r g i ; l i t t. Our state rr; ty at ttl; ~ t tirqe i qh; tljit ed f 1 - q y the f o r k s of t h e 9hio s o u t h a l o q ; t h e Iloy~ cr- z< ahelaa nd i t s t : - i b ~ ~ t a r i e : ; , on t h e ], it t l e Kanavha, on t lie Great ELa. la~* ha,:; n d t o t. hc I; e. it~ 1. c!- y l i n e by tlie 3 u r o : ~ s. Duriv~ gt h e 16 years bet~~ ree1n6. 56- 3.672t bi: hlohavrks 6c: vttstbtecl t ; h ~ C3uriry. Scarct: ly a Huron vr :, s l e f t. Dur- 1% t h e French anti I n d i a n VTar t lley sup :, ort ed S i r ! ' J i l l i = ~ rJoi hi?:: on, and follolred h l r n I n t h e m q s t p t : r l l o ~ r : e ~ ~ c d l t i n n' ~ su if l ~ ~ l l y t h e y mere f o r c e d LO f l e e t o ( I; l, nacia. ; ' They v- rore arrow p!- nof arrlor and used both s t o w and i r o : l li; ut, ciiet :; , ~ 71e l a t t e r ll; t7Tlnf; b~ f:?? obt ~ ~ i n ei dn t r a d e w i t h the ~. r i l i t eil : t! l. I n 1626 t i r e Dutch comnader of iilbany and six of hi:; nen aided by tile 7. iohicans iqvaclcr? t h e I'lolrl::~- rk country. r, ih ey vere rlet t h r e e n i l e s from t h e f art by a body of idqhal- rks ~ rrn{:! i n n l y with ~ O T a~ nSd arraT, Ts ~ l x i~ r r ~ rdeef ested:; . They 1- re1- e C T I J ~ t~ o tllt: ir p r i s o r c r s , sorletines cookin[; an". ~ ; ~ t i , qtl?; e r; l. I n 1.650 t, hvr VJr- 1- b e r e i 2,500. Their c l a n s Inert' t h e Beer, t h e ' Jolf, a71d tile T u r t l e. TTar has reduced t h e i r nur- iber t o half tlle 9rigivlr; l p o p u l , ? ~ t i o n - P. IT1JGOES ( ~ t e a lhty o r treacherous) This t r i b e l e f t the Iroquois before 1750 and formed a set - tlcmelzt inPennsylvania, on the u1; per Ohio. Later they mnved ~* O', T! I t, o S i ; r : u b e ~ ~ ~ i l lre) l, l io, In 1' 766 the s e t t l e r ~ e n t nu~ ib, tl- eil 60 f a m i l i e s a; zd vas 1: nr) wn AS l oo n. It was tilt: o; ll: r Indian s e t t l e n e q t 911 the qhio f rori P i t t :; burg t o Louisville. From the Ohio they cro:; sed over t o the Scioto and SandusL, :. r rivctrs where they vere krnrrn as the Senecas. In 1800 they were jnineci by a pdrt of the C: czjrugus. Se1. l-ing t h e i r l n ~ : l s , they rioveci to l::; > lsrts, and l a t e r t n Ird- ian T e r r i t o r y. Their popuiatic) n is 366. That p a r t of the S t a t e between the L i t t l e Knn; t~- dzn xq. 1111 the present s i t e of Vhe\? l. in-- mas t h e i r hu !: ting grquvld. They took p a r t i q the batiilt. of P o i r t Plctasalit i v l 1774. The Inc~ i: tns numbcred 125' 0 iivlri t 1163 whites an equal : lur. lber. A f arJ? ous chisf of t h i s t r i b e rras Logzn, lrrkose f at1it: r va:; a l~ r'ilite r. ian l- filo hacl been czpturetl by tlle Indians and becculc a c b i c f. The son vas the f r i e n d of the ~ ~ l l iTt?; LeYI, but 1~ 9:; badly troatea by bin ; t 3 i t ~ i n reply he.?: ice the fnrl; ) us "" Speech of Logarl", a s c l e c - t ion of r i o s t excellent n e r i t ancl one that stloulci bc ,; qrlr? itted t ? memory. ( Yroril the C e l ~ ~ - ~ gairvee r j Leixi Senape, re21 :,: en. Tlie L7elx,; a:- c is a vex- y irn20rt2~ nt ti- ibe of Algonc+ u. i; ?. s t o c k. ',- Then i'lrst knol- r- rn i c occu- pied the r i v e r b a s i n s of ' Ten Jei- sey, Del2, t-? are, -; 7e nxi Le; la; > e, i; truz menii, zand claimed and e:; eyc ised pol-; ST Over ne& Tly all &:- Lley- t r i b e s 02 tj_ izt s tocic. They ; -; ere I":- icndly 1,: litil tile Dut~ ch zn$. s\-? edi: jFL co; onies, 1; -, 1682 : 3; 7,2c i; he fFj-: oys - L; - er< ty 7; rith Villic7. U - - ?-'~: T:- L. Gcrr; : an ; , oravic, n inission; -, i- ies laboyed r7~; ior, g them with g r e a t succcss. Thcg wci- e cc?:? pelled tc movc ta the: ~ 1. ppc.-~* aJcrso f the Ohio, :, nd g2. v~ tl7el- r full- sli- eilgth fo; - rrc:: c:?- i n tile rsre3c: 1 and Indian Tar 1754- 63. 111 thc: ,'? Icvol~ tio; ?, t l i ~ ; r j oined t: iz 131- i t i s h 2 ~ 2 i n s t the Lh! ixerican. s Thzy uTe7e f i n a l l y copc. y,: red jjy 7; , i~, yili2 zU: rd a c c e ? ~ e dt ile ~ , T c P ~ ~ 07 :. Y G ~ c c n v i l l e 1795. Eios t of t"_ e t r i b e dyif te ?. f: o; -: l I n d i ~ ~ ntao :" isscur i ?. ad R- 3n'uas. 1'; l a r g e bancl. s c t t l r - d in ? c: zz- s. In 1L57 tllcse i: K?; ! sas moved Indiar, T e r r i t o r y z.; id v. ni ted ; ri. k'. l Che; . ol; ee ) Scl, tioii. T h k. ; ~ are 0 14 :. , 7 cl, ined tll; V L ~ , : L - ? ~ 0; ,- Ab. 1 ile J-~ i70:; 1& 2~ 1181; . I~ z 1700 a bloody b a t t l e nas fought near the nouth of l m t i e t a c Creck i n J e f f e r s o n Couilty on the Po~ oI; - I~ r. icv c, I l--' u e t~- rcen tI.~ e3 ei ~ ? ? 7 2 ~ e Ca<; xbsdt -~. i b e s. v e r y Delz; : io,, e en,.:~,, ed e:; ce2t orie - c~, s! tilled., 2. nci ev:-.--- ~ C.: g'r, 2i-: b; u cz-. r ; -- l- e 6 ?:- jay a n c a l ?. Tliiz - I-- L; l.>- e :, elocge:! to tne - 2 T @? t: le; - n Coil$ z& eracy 2nd f o ~ 3 ~. ~ 2" ft itj-- e~ l 3; .,-; ; tl~ of poifl'i ? l e 2 s & f l J ~. Sol'fle Del~, v; are 2nd. Slla-~- ineec hild- rei? ! ; ~ ~ , r ; e l e & oz rer a gTass: iopper, t h e i r notheTs tcok it u? 2nd a gelle2al ciuT, rreL ensuec. 01: tlis i - e t u r l ~ of the braves f r o x the ; I Y J. Y ~ ~ tl? ey p l e ~ a r z df, o: ::; ; -. T. TII-, L 3 Sli~~ ve~ n1e0 st lli> lf oi" t' !: p i? nuinbey. T , ~ s c zdll, e$. bile n ~ r ~ , s r j:~ j ~ l r~".~ ~ e ~ C Ijj~,~~. oT~]: --- ( ~ p l a nf i~ e i d ) The Cherokec v: as the l a r g e s t afid 1:: ost imi> oi- t2< iit t r i b e i n the Zastern United S t a t e s. They are remotely descended- foi- n tfic Iroqucis an6 forr: ierly occupied the ' flo~: ntzin region of the Carolines, Tennessee, Georgia, 2.11~ 1 klabnr; la in nuLQei- otis ~> eri- nane~- l~ t i l l a , g e sa nd r e l l - b u i l t 106 houres. They rF4ised l a r g e crops of corn, pumplcins, and beans. De Soto pzssed t h r o ~ ~ gth e i r country i n 1540 and : or t h r e e c e n t u r i e s l2,' Lei- they riere prominent i n the histoYy of the Sou.. th. In the 3Levol- dtion, they aided the B r i t i s h , Sat i n 1705 they rn2, dc a t r e a t y of p c ~ , c c x i t h the United S t a t e s. They a<- vznced Ts,; 2i~ l?- y i n C i v i l i - z2,- Lion ; , eel. ~ ~ ~ o s pt ye. r iG old was discovered_ i n the Chzzokee c @ u n t ~ y , and the hJia,' ie of Georgia estei; d? c! her cleim ovci :. the mil? ini3 region. ? r e s i d e a t Jackson 1- efused Lo int2i-: z~- c, and. although n i n e t e n t h of the ' cribc ~ ~ 7 ~ J i ~ z ~ ttr eeadt y, 7.-~ z~ s 262y ith a s m a l l nu:: iber nhich bou. nd the ti- ibe. I n it33 thcy mere re:; ioved by m i l i - t , - , ~ yf 02cs ::.- est of t h I~ 5i ss-i s s i $ , j i , l o s i n g one f o u r t h of t h e i ~ n ul, lber by deztil 011 ' iil- e march ; . rhicn v; ; - s Inwcie on f o o t. Their gTez'~ l e a d e r an< L. L3,- i; ; - ioEt ELS John ; , , ~ L C -- r' 10 s ~ ~ v z G. t ile ; --,,-. i lor chief fo; - ~ 10- 7--.--- G L > A E. A Hn the 3iviL -; Tz, i-, they were: abiout e~ lu. al2. yc li~~ iclzi'~ l 6fu. rn ished large f o r c e s fox- e ~ > cshi d e. This brought cai2, mi'cy ar? d n i s e r y t o t h e i r people. A t the c l o s e of'.. the rar, they entei- ed in" v oa : lev? t r e a t y with the United S t a t e s by which they agree2 to fi- ee t h e i r We-gro s l a v e s and admit tilenl to Cull Cherokee cit, iz, z; - iship. I n 1006 they disb2, nded as , EL t r i b e and $ ec~ lqc c i t i z e n s of the United SJiztes. They nu1'; ibei- ed 21,400 a:? d claiyled t: le laad sov. th of tile Great Kanavflza River. The Cherokee Nation has occ~ :. pied a more proninent place i; : t h e a f f a i r s of our l q ~ t i o nt h e u = ny o'chel- Lribe or c o ~ f e d e r ~ ~ uc- nyl e 5 ~ excey3t the Iroguois or Si:: T? ations of ; ^ Ger; r Ycrk. They 2,1- 2 Illore prosperous than ever ' ozlore. 7 ,- S IFA-!' JL~ T, E (?? ander ing ) The Shav~ nee was formcrly a lcadirig t r i b e of South Carolina, Tennessee, Pennsylvarlia slid Ohio. On account of the i n d e f i n i t e c h a r a c t e r of t : ; c i ~ ; iaj: le, t: i~ ir i- jnadcring i l a b i t s , t h e i r coni? cc t i o n v ~ i t l i other t r i b c s , arid bccac. sc of t h e i r p o s i t i o n a- tray from the t r a v e l e d r o u t e s of e a r l y d ~ , y s , the Shavrnccs a r c d i f f i c u l t t o c l a s s i f y. Their r e a l his tory ' ocgins 1667- 70. They wcrc then l i v i n g i n two bodies f a r removed from each o t h e r , and n c r c n o t u n i t e d till a cen-tury i a t e r , nncn th2 t r i b e s e t t l e d i n Chio. Tlxy I-? cre a n a r - l i k e t r i b e , the cncnics of the Catai- bas. For a period of 33 years were g r a d u a l l y ycno- vreC from South C a ~ o l i n a. Thcy l- i?- d v i l l a g e s zt \ 7incnestcr, V i r g i n i a , end Cumberland, Piaryland. In the No? th the tril3c U. i1itc6 and punished t h e i r old enemies, t'ilc Cat,? b~. 7basi, ? c ~ ~ cl; yrt zm: insting them. In tlic Revolution, tk~ cyb ozstcd t h a t thcjr had k i l l e d ; ; -.. or. r: of thz English than :? ad any other t r i b e. Fcr a p c ~ i o d of 40 years tiley l:! crc almost c o n s t a n t l y at UP- 2 \-; it11 t h ~ Znglizh o r Americans and d i s t i n g ~ i s h c dt lier, iselves as tho i 2 0 ~ t1 10s-t i l e t r i b c of % k~ t c g i o f i. Xost of the c x p e d i t i c n s scnt <: cross thc: 012ic r i v e r were d i r c c tzd a g a i n s t the. Sha~: jnees. k f t c r the Revolutiol?, large nufibers joinsd thil Cherokees and. Creeks iil the South.. Llany s e t t l e ? i n h 5 i s s o u r i. This t r i b c claimed the Xanzxha b ~ ~ s ainnd had permanent s e t t l e n e n t s i n Greenbrier al? d Xasor, c o u n t i e s. C o r i ? s t ~ l k , c h i c f of the Shawnees and King of the Nor- Lhern con-federacy, \- ras commander i n c h i e f at -' the b c t t l e of Poirit Ple2, sant. H i s voice, "" Be Strong, be s t r o r ~ g , c~ ov~. 1 d be hza? d above the d i n of b a t t l e." The ,::' usr,~ roras m; ~:; ::,; I i:,? : r , : - t j n t Sout her71 t, ri!) e of ,-? - O G U Q ~ ~ irdin; ls. vhen first k; ? r,~. r~ qt, h ey l i v e d nlo: 7g t, hc ~ J(? u. scr i v e r 15 i: ast ern u q r t h C a r ~ l i n ; ~~ r, h t: rc? i.1 l r / O O they qccupit: 6 1.5 7? il. laf= ec l l r i t l i : :, x ~ o y j u l : ~ toi f~ n1 200 r: rtt; - rir! y :, o r ab0u. t f; ,(! OO ill ; ill., hacl L 7 "" n -.=~ 6~,; ri , t :. li l l f l u e ~ c e0 7. er c ~ l tl; l c : s; inlli r t r i b e s n? th_:_, t ion. ? hey Tar::; . e h r ~ sitl e t o rmst of th. e leacii. ul; Soutl. lerr t: pibc. s, b ~ l t r? ai!? t~ inecirt close f r i c ~ ~ t l s h ir : yr i t ' ; l t h z ; Sorthern. i=. r) qu? is - rhorn they kne:- r : is t. r 3rd- it i 9 r z l k i vmric n. 111 S t p t z r ~ b e r1.711 t31i:: r :: ose._~ q; ainstth c. c: ncl- o :, f: l:: l(? nts qf the r- j; lit es. t ~ r , y~ L , ' t r1 ~ y l , ; L 1 - r: nslie( l i n >.~ hi- ib: q tli liokhi: a*<; SOlJthi Caroliqa, to:; ether ~- rit, ht. heir f r i e : ~ d l yI ndiaj3 t. llir::; j r ~ l n e df n r c e s n~; <~ i.. i: t; htc rl. Fiil:: ily (: c: f e,~ 1c,( ; , t] lr lusr,: kl- qr:: s I L. ; ~ ; : , ; ~ L : ~ I IWCL t h:: ir r, nu: ltr; r >:-, rid f l e d qaFtlj i; o tile irr,:- llrois, r. rl: q ri; cei7rcd t'. lt-:~ 2. ; + he s i x t h h i b e of t l l e i r colif:: rl:,:~ ; . c; v, hevlce- fr) rth l:: r,-. 711 a:; ti.,<: ' 3ix i t1. 1' ht. ir q. u : J i t 1; ::; T: rc: l: e 6; oqfi they t r ~ : ~ t e c i rrh_ itcS - - 1. The ~ e g ino ~ o I ~ i:: l l l ! ~ ~ i r. ( : ; ? r i i th? cqunt i c3:; nt. i Lcl~ r:~. F'~ pr, ''- ele y, rt: qd Jcrf't; r.; ? n nrVJts t h e hoge nf tllis t- ribc- Il u s ~ ~ rC~ rec. lrr 1~ 77~ bi ~ k f 1 9 7 - 7 3 t ilrou~)- B, ::>. rit nsI: urt_: 6.. e- i~~( i$ ts r, qam_ e frnr. 1 f his' f; r l b e. BOOKS - ON INDIAN - LORE "" Legends of the Red Childrenll, by Marie L. P r a t t , for children of 3rd or 4th grade. Published by The American Eook Company. "- In dian Folk Talest1, by Nixen and Ronlett, for children of 5th and 6th grade, Published by the American Book Company. 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