- 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:
Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and West Virginia
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Named in honor of Admiral William Penn, father of the
state's founder, William Penn
- Fact 5 - Features of the area:
Allegheny Mountains, coastal plain in southeast; northwest rugged
plateau to Lake Erie lowlands
- Fact 6 - The Indians of
Pennsylvania included the Delaware, Erie, Honniasont, Iroquois,
Saponi, Shawnee, Susquehanna, Tuscarora, Tutelo and Wenrohronon
tribes
- Fact 7 - The Delaware: Lenape, also
referred to as Lenapi or Delaware Indians, are a group of
several organized bands who lived along Delaware River. "three
sisters," corn (maize), beans and squash were staples of their
diet, supplemented by fish and game.
- Fact 8 - The Erie , also
called "Cat" or "Raccoon" people, originally lived on south
shore of Lake Erie. Erie lived in long houses in villages
enclosed in palisades They were decimated by warfare with
neighboring Iroquois in 1700's and those who remained merged
with Seneca tribe.
- Fact 9 - The Honniasont (aka
Oniasont, Honniasontkeronon) were a small tribe who inhabited
the upper Ohio River valley, above Louisville, Kentucky
- Fact 10 -The Iroquois are also
known as Haudenosaunee or "People of Longhouse". Tribes of
Iroquoian-speaking people formed Iroquois League referred to as
Five Nations or Iroquois Confederacy was composed of Mohawk,
Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca nations.
- Fact 11 - The Saponi were a small
tribe associated with Sioux who lived in North Carolina. tribe
became extinct due to tribal warfare and diseases such as
smallpox that were brought by Europeans
- Fact 12 - The Shawnee were
Algonquian-speaking tribes who were spread over a widespread
geographic area although their earliest known home was in state
of Ohio. Traditionally Shawnee lived in bark-covered houses
grouped into large villages near cornfields. Many Shawnee fought
as allies of their French trading partners during early years of
French and Indian War (aka Seven Years War). In fact, warlike
Shawnee participated in almost every war of Old West. They were
greatly feared as it was their custom to torture their
prisoners.
- Fact 13 - The Susquehannock tribe
did not mix with other tribes and lived in fortified villages as
illustrated below. Their name means "muddy water people," due to
the Susquehanna River nearby. However, during the Beaver Wars of
the 1650s, the Susquehannocks formed a short alliance with the
Province of Maryland, receiving rifles and other European
weapons to fight off the
Iroquois
Confederacy.
- Fact 14 - The Tuscarora were a
tribe of nearly 300 warriors who originally lived along banks of
Trent River in North Carolina. European settlers stole their
women and children and sold them of slaves. This led to
Tuscarora War which was fought between British, Dutch, and
German settlers and Tuscarora Indians from 1711 until
1715 treaty was signed.
Ute tribe were members of Shoshone people of Utah, Nevada,
Colorado and New Mexico. They are believed to be related to
Aztecs. They were feared as fierce, nomadic warriors
- Fact 15 - The Tutelo tribe
inhabited the area of the Big Sandy River. Their enemies were
the powerful Iroquois. They were a Sioux speaking tribe who
became known as the Tutelo-Saponi and merged with the the Cayuga
tribe of New York in 1753.
- Fact 16 - The Wenrohronon were a
small tribe who inhabited the Allegheny River valley and
eventually merged with the Seneca
- Fact 17 - 1764 - Pontiac's
Rebellion. The British treated the former Indian allies of the
French like conquered peoples, which prompted the Ottawa Chief
Pontiac (1720-1769) to lead a rebellion of a number of tribes
against the British
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