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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.

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Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe (17931864), a United States explorer and ethnologist. He was noted for his studies of American Indians. See more »

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.

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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.

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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.

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Edward Alexander MacDowell

MacDowell, Edward Alexander (1861–1908), a United States composer, pianist, and teacher.

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Edward Braddock

Braddock, Edward (1695?–1755), a British general who led a disastrous attack in the French and Indian War.

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Fort Dearborn

Fort Dearborn, a military fort erected on what became the site of downtown Chicago.

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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.

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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.

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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe (17931864), a United States explorer and ethnologist. He was noted for his studies of American Indians.

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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.

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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.

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Joseph Brant

Brant, Joseph, or Thayendanegea(1742–;1807), a chief of the Mohawk Indians, one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Simon Kenton

Kenton, Simon (1755–1836), a United States frontiersman who became a living legend during 42 years as a scout and Indian fighter.

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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.

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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.

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Squanto

Squanto, (?–1622), a Wampanoag Indian who aided the Pilgrims. His name was shortened from Tisquantum by the English.

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Vicomte Francois Rene de Chateaubriand

Chateaubriand, Vicomte François René de (1768–1848), a French writer and statesman.

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