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Oct 1, 1492
Columbus
When Columbus first happened upon the Native Americans, he wrote, "They all go around as naked as their mothers bore them; and also the women." However, along with this admiration for them, he wrote, "they could easily be commanded and made to work, to sow and to do whatever might be needed, to build towns and be taught to wear clothes and adopt our ways." So despite his respect for them, he wanted to remove them from their culture and teach them his own ways. http://libcom.org/files/images/his -
Jan 1, 1513
Ponce de Leon
The explorer Ponce de Leon discovered the Calusa Indians In Florida. He was exploring the Gulf coast when he found them. Eventually, he had a fight with them and captured four of the Calusa people. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Juan_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n.jpg/240px-Juan_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n.jpg http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Jul 8, 1524
Kidnapping
The first kidnapping of Native Americans occurred on July 8th. The explorer Florentine captured a Native American child and brought it back to France. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Jan 1, 1540
Fransico Vazquez
Explorer Fransico Vazquez led Mexico to invade the north with 300 conquistodors (spanish soldiers). A Spaniard raped a native woman, the natives then stole a horse to get back at them. The spaniards the captured 200 natives and burned all of them. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Deaths of Native Americans
Europeans in the 1600’s believed that diseases were acts of God. A settler said that the deaths of Native Americans was because “Their enterprise failed, for it pleased God to effect these Indians with such a deadly sickness, that out of every 1000, over 950 of them had died, and many of them lay rotting above the ground for lack of burial." http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Capturing John Smith
Pochahontas and her father, Chief Powhatan, captured John Smith and saved him from disease and starvation. Many of the colonists in Jamestown had been dying from these factors, so John Smtih was actually lucky to be captured. http://apva.org/rediscovery/image/jsmith.jpg http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Treaty
One of the first treaties between colonists and Native Americans was signed by the Plymouth Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe. The Wampanoags were assisted by Squanto. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Pequod Indians
In Massachussetts, Pequod Indians weren't working out as slaves. They were sent to Bermuda and exchanged for African American slaves. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
William Pierce
William Pierce, a captain from Massachusetts wanted to exchange his black slaves for Native Americans. He sailed all the way to the West Indies to do it. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
James Moore
James Moore led 50 British soldiers and 1,000 Creek Indians against Spanish settlements. They killed Father Manuel de Mendoza. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Tuscarora Indian War
Fights broke out between Native Americans and settlers in North Carolina after the murder of settlers in North Carolina. The fight was known as the Tuscarora Indian War and lasted two years. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Yamasee Tribes
Yamasee tribes kill several hundred Carolina settlers. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Cherokee and South Caroline
South Carolina settlers and the Cherokee Indians, their allies attacked and defeated the Yamassee. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Pierre Francois
Explorer Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix noticed a lot of homosexuality and things of that nature in Native American tribes in what is now Indiana. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Caughnawaga Mohawk/Abnaki
The French military , joined by the Caughnawaga Mohawk and Abnaki Indians, burned the English settlement at Saratoga. The 101 people who lived there were either killed or put in prison -
Governor J. Glenn
A slave trader sent a letter to South Caroline wanting permission to pit two Native American tribes against each other. "We want no pay, only what we can take and plunder, and what slaves we take to be our own." http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
The Scalp Act
Governor Robert Morris declared war on the Shawnee and Delaware Indians. In the war declaration, there was something called "The Scalp Act." This meant that every Indian scalp, was wanted. They would physically cut off a part of a Native American's scalp. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Indian reservation
The first Indian reservation in North America was established. This shows how they really were treated like animals. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Conestoga
50 armed men went into a workhouse in Lancaster. They killed the only Conestoga Indians still alive. There were only 14. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html -
Justice?
After everything, colonists finally began to treat Native Americans comewhat equally. They gave them jobs, but then the natives would not fight for the colonists after all they were put through. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html
