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The history of the relationship between Native Americans and Europeans includes many conflicts that developed as the United States expanded. This section contains information about the history of Native American and European relations.
Featured Article: William Weatherford
Weatherford, William (Indian name: Red Eagle, or Lamochattee)(1780?–1824), chief of the Creek Indians in the war against the United States, 1813–14. See more »
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Albany Congress
Albany Congress , a conference held in Albany, New York, in 1754 to prepare a unified colonial defense against the French and their Indian allies.
See more »Alexander McGillivray
McGillivray Alexander (1759?–1793), a Creek Indian chief. During the era in which the British, Americans, and Spanish struggled for control of the American Southeast, he played one country against another in an effort to preserve Creek tribal lands.
See more »Buffalo Bill
Cody, William Frederick (1846–1917), a United States frontier scout and showman, known as "Buffalo Bill." His world-famous Wild West shows were a leading factor in romanticizing the American West and especially the cowboy.
See more »Edward Alexander MacDowell
MacDowell, Edward Alexander (1861–1908), a United States composer, pianist, and teacher.
See more »Edward Braddock
Braddock, Edward (1695?–1755), a British general who led a disastrous attack in the French and Indian War.
See more »Fort Dearborn
Fort Dearborn, a military fort erected on what became the site of downtown Chicago.
See more »George Catlin
Catlin, George (1796–1872), a United States painter and author. His paintings, sketches, and writings form an important record of American Indian life.
See more »Helen Hunt Jackson
Jackson, Helen Hunt (1831–1885), a United States writer. Ramona (1884) is a novel on the plight of the Indians in California.
See more »Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe (1793–1864), a United States explorer and ethnologist. He was noted for his studies of American Indians.
See more »Hiawatha, The Song of
Hiawatha, The Song of, an epic poem (1855) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A historical Hiawatha was active in forming the Iroquois Confederacy about 1570, but he also became a legendary hero.
See more »Indian Territory
Indian Territory, a former unorganized territory of the United States set aside for the Indian tribes being removed from east of the Mississippi River.
See more »Joseph Brant
Brant, Joseph, or Thayendanegea(1742–;1807), a chief of the Mohawk Indians, one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois.
See more »Nathaniel Bacon
Bacon, Nathaniel (1647–1676), a leader of an uprising in colonial Virginia in 1676 against the colony's royal governor, Sir William Berkeley.
See more »Saint Isaac Jogues
Jogues Saint Isaac (1607–1646), a French Jesuit missionary in America. He was stationed among the Indians south of Lake Huron from 1636 to 1641.
See more »Simon Girty
Girty, Simon (1741–1818), an American frontiersman. Because he helped the Indians raid western settlements, he was called “the Great Renegade” and “the white savage.” Girty was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
See more »Simon Kenton
Kenton, Simon (1755–1836), a United States frontiersman who became a living legend during 42 years as a scout and Indian fighter.
See more »Sir Isaac Brock
Brock, Sir Isaac (1769–1812), a British general in the War of 1812. He was born on the island of Guernsey, and entered the army at 15.
See more »Sir William Berkeley
Berkeley, Sir William (1607–1677), an English colonial governor of Virginia. In his early years as governor, he did much to strengthen the young colony.
See more »Squanto
Squanto, (?–1622), a Wampanoag Indian who aided the Pilgrims. His name was shortened from Tisquantum by the English.
See more »Vicomte Francois Rene de Chateaubriand
Chateaubriand, Vicomte François René de (1768–1848), a French writer and statesman.
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