History
The Lame Cow War
In the 1840s a massive migration of non-Indians began in which long wagon trains would cross the Great Plains bringing new settlers into Utah, Oregon, […]
History
Spanish Missionaries in Texas
A frontier is a transition zone between two regions, between two areas with different cultures. For the European invaders in North America, the frontier represented […]
Preparing the Cherokee for Removal
Since its founding, the United States, and particularly the states that compose it, has been uncomfortable with having Indians nations within its boundaries. Motivated by […]
The Third Anglo-Powhatan War
The third Anglo-Powhatan war (1644 to 1646) started with a large, coordinated strike by Powhatan warriors against the Virginia colonists. Several outlying settlements were struck […]
The Second Anglo-Powhatan War
The years after the 1614 treaty between the English and the Chickahominy were relatively peaceful. During this time the English colonists in Jamestown expanded their […]
Joseph Brant in Canada
During the Revolutionary War, many Indians allied themselves with their old trading partners, the British. For the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy, the divided […]
Cherokee Treaty Claims
By 1830, the American government had decided that American Indians had no place in the United States and passed legislation calling for their removal to […]
Virginia and the Indians, 1606 to 1608
Because England is a Christian nation, the Discovery Doctrine supposedly gave it the right to govern all non-Christian nations. In 1606, therefore, England was able […]