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Iroquois Indians
The Iroquois or Haudenosaunee “People of the Longhouse" occupied the area of upstate New York long before the arrival of the Europeans. Questions about them or any of the nine clans of the Iroquois confederacy go here.
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What was George Washington's role in the French and Indian War?
Washington was a young British officer. He was 21 years old and was given the job to warn the French they must leave the Ohio Valley as well as spy about how strong they were. He completed this dangerous mission and in 1754 was sent to the Ohio country as a lieutenant colonel in command of about 150 Virginia militiamen. He met a small detachment of French troops about 40 miles from Ft. Duquesne and his troops opened fire on the French. These were the first shots of the war. The French leader was killed and his men retreated. Washington wrote " I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there was something charming in the sound." The French returned with reinforcements and they surrounded Washington in his hastily built breastworks Ft. Necessity. After a 10 hour siege he was forced to surrender his entire command in July 1754, but he was permitted to march his men away with full honors of war. So, Washington started the French and Indian war.
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gorge wachinting
He was a lower rank British officer.
he was the chairman of conventions
He was a young officer throughout the French and Indian war.
George Washington was an inexperienced emissary in the French Indian war. His actions determined its course.
What languages were spoken by Iroquois Indians?
The people we know today as "The Iroquois" are really six different tribes speaking different languages. Five of these are closely related to each other but certainly not the same: Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Seneca and Cayuga. The sixth tribe, the Tuscarora, are also classed as "Iroquoian" but they originated much further south in North Carolina - they joined the other five tribes in 1722.
So there are really 6 Iroquois languages and also many others classed as Iroquoian.
These are the first five number words to illustrate the point:
English.......................Onondaga........................Seneca.......................Mohawk
one.............................sajadat............................skat............................enska
two.............................tekeni...............................tekni...........................tekeni
three...........................achso................................se-h...........................ahsen
four.............................gajeri................................kei..............................kaie:ri
five..............................wisk..................................wis..............................wisk
Answer
Every nation has its own language. (Don't confuse a nation - an ethnic group - with a state, a governmental territory.) "Iroquois" is a European attempt to represent an Indian word. It refers to both "Iroquoian languages" and a political unit, which its members called the Hodenosaunee, the "League of the Iroquois." This consisted of the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Odonaga, the Cayuga and the Seneca - and later, the Tuscarora. There were Iroquoian groups not in the League, such as the Huron.
What native American tribe was not part of the Iroquois confederacy?
There have been many thousands of native American tribes from Alaska and the Arctic Circle to the southern tip of South America that have never been part of the Iroquois League.
Your question is far too general.
The main purpose of the Iroquois confederacy was to?
The main purpose of the Iroquois confederacy was to bring peace to the five ( and later six) tribes. The Six Nations included are: Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora.
How was the creek confederacy created?
They were formed by being made to adapt to European (white people) government, religon, and huunting, ect.
How did the climate effect the Iroquois?
it affected them by they couldn't fish for salmon or do anything couldn't even do there chores
What did the Iroquois eat and why?
the iroquois ate many stuff. (like omg) there ate nuts, beans, starwberries, wild cherries, bears, raccons, sqiualls, huckleberries and fowl.
because if they didn't move on they would use all of the resources in that place
What are facts about Iroquois?
The Iroquois believe in three deity sisters : Squash, Corn and bean. These are also the agricultural plants that had increased both their health and population.The Iriquois were also called Mohalk
did you know that the Irouquois Indians lived in long houses also they hunted deer, buffalo,beavers,rabbits(hares also),bear and all kinds of other things.
did you know that they were in the northeast woodland tribe
did you know that the Irouquois indians lived in long houses also they hunted deer, buffalo,beavers,rabbits(hares also),bear and all kinds of other things.
did you know that they were in the northeast woodland tribe
they took a poo in holes
What is the environment of the Iroquois?
The Iroquois are several tribes of indigenous people of North America. They were based in what is today upstate New York west of the Hudson River.
They lived in the Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Quebec area.
What did the haudenosaunee get from trading?
they would trade furs and other things that they found like gems or cool rocks
How were the children educated in Iroquois Confederacy?
Historically, the Iroquois had tribal elders to teach young men about stories of their culture. Young men would have mentors that showed them how to make weapons or hunt. Women were mostly taught by their mothers.
What did the Iroquois build there villages around?
Because they need to deposit their feces somewhere and they didn't have toilets.
The English word wampum derives from the Natick term wampumpeage, meaning white beads made from the central stem of the periwinkle shell (Pyrula carica or Pyrula canaliculata).
For the natives, another type of bead was far more valuable - suckihogk or black/dark/purple shell, made from round clams (Venus mercenaria).
Unable to make the distinction, Europeans called all of these beads wampum.
The process was very labour intensive and time consuming. Real wampum (white beads) began with central stem of the periwinkle, which already has a hole through its centre; this had to be painstakingly cut into sections without the use of metal tools and then smoothed by grinding on abrasive stones.
Purple beads took far longer (hence their value): the clam shells were smashed into fragments, each of which had to be drilled with a fine stone drill bit or a sharpened piece of wood coated with wet sand. These were then strung and repeatedly pulled through channels in abrasive stones or simply rubbed and rolled on a flat stone until they became round and smooth-sided.
Which way did the Iroquois Confederacy resemble the constitutional government of the US?
It didn't, except in the very loose sense that the numerous states would be equal members in a unifying federal system in the same way that the various Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) tribes would be equal members in the united Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
What was the league of the Iroquois confederacy?
the Iroquois were the native American there were also called the Eastern woodland there rote was in st Lawrence to down South UN ti ill they settle in a nice heavily Forest and a lake were is fishing
Most Iroquois Indian villages are built near the southern part of America.
Iroquois would hunt deer, raccoon, and elk.
The Iroquois hunted for deer, bear, and fished. Beaver was another important animal for them as well, and would eventually lead to their continual wars with the Iroquoian groups in the North (Ontario), begun by the European fascination with beaver pelts. Turtle was also an important food for them to hunt, and could have been used in soups etc. == ==
They learned how to hunt with spears and cook food with hot rocks,they also learned how to set up wig wams (Algonquin) and longhouse (Iroquois) when the girls did all the house work like cleaning the longhouse (Iroquois) and cooking the food for the men when they came back from hunting.
Why is it called the longhouse?
it is kinda like a cylinder except turn the cylinder sideways and then make the bottom flat.
