- 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:
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North
Carolina and Virginia
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Named after Cherokee Indian villages called "Tanasi"
- Fact 5 - Features of the area:
Rugged country in the east, Great Smokey Mountains,
low ridges in the Applachian Valley; the flat Cumberland
Plateau; Eastern Gulf coastal plain to the
west; Mississippi alluvial plain,
a narrow strip of swamp and flood plain in the west
- Fact 6 -
The Indians of Tennessee included the Catawba,
Cherokee, Chiaha, Chickasaw, Mosopelia, Muskogee
Creek, Natchez,
Shawnee, Tali, Tuskegee and the Yuchi tribes
- Fact 7 - The Catawba (aka Issa,
Esaw or Iswa) who lived near the present city of Rock Hill and
were associated with the Sioux tribes. They fought with the
colonists against the British during the American Revolutionary
War.
- Fact 8 - 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 9 - The Chiaha tribe inhabited a fortified
town in the French Broad River valley in modern East Tennessee.
In 1539, the Spanish led by Hernando de Soto encountered the
Chiaha looking for gold.
- Fact 10 - 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 11 - The Muskogee Creek tribe
of Indians were members of the Creek Confederacy formerly living
in eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and
now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek
received their name from white traders because so many of their
villages were located by rivers and creeks.The Creek were
removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
- Fact 12 - The Natchez originally
lived in the Natchez Bluffs area, near the present-day city of
Natchez, Mississippi. They spoke the Muskogean language like
other Choctaw tribes of the Creek confederacy. They fought wars
with the French who sold them into slavery following the Natchez
uprising of 1729
- Fact 13 - 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 14 - The Tali were another
small river tribe like the Chiaha
who proved friendly towards the Spanish led by Hernando de Soto
- Fact 15 -
The Tuskegee were a small tribe who had suffered many casualties
through warfare with their enemies. They eventually found refuge
with the Creek Indians
- Fact 16 - 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 south to Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina. They were included in the Creek confederacy for
political reasons in the 19th century
- Fact 17 - The Creek Confederacy was
a Native American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee
tribes that dominated the southeastern part of the United States
before being removed to Oklahoma
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