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The English in Alabama(Pages 54-55)
• The English also wanted to trade goods for deerskins and animal furs.
• They established a colony north of Fort Toulouse called Fort Okfuskee.
• The English had an advantage over the French because Great Britain had more factories. They could manufacture more and better trade goods.
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The English in Alabama(Pages 56-57)
• Lachlan McGillivray was a trader from Scotland. He came to Alabama to trade with the Indians. He met an Indian girl, married her, and built his home and a trading post at Little Tallassee on the Coosa River. Later they had a son, Alexander McGillivray, who became in important leader of the Creek Indians.
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• Between the end of the Mississippian period and the arrival of Europeans in the late 1500’s, Indians had divided into large groups called nations.
• Alabama’s Indian nations: Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw
The Indians(Pages 56-57)
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• Largest of the Alabama tribes
• Real name was Muscogee
• They were divided into
Upper Creeks and Lower Creeks
• Enemies were the Choctaw
• Spoke a form of the Muscogean
language
The Indians—Creeks (Pages 58-59)
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• Brave warriors
• The word Alabama comes from the Choctaw word Alibamos, meaning to cut or gather plants
• Spoke a form of
the Muskogean
language
The Indians—Choctaw (Pages 58-59)
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• Mostly lived in Mississippi but also in Northwestern Alabama
• Brave fighters• They took horses from the Spanish and developed herds of fine ponies.• Spoke a form of the Muskogean language
The Indians—Chickasaw (Pages 58-59)
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• They hunted and lived in Alabama
• Men and women were tall
• Women were often warriors and part of government
• Spoke an Iroquoian language
The Indians—Cherokee (Pages 60-61)
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• Religion was important to all nations
• Green Corn Dance- summer ceremony that symbolized cleansing for the new year.
• Towns were square; council house was in the center and cabins were around it.
• Gathered berries and nuts, raised corn, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, beans, melons, squash, and gourds.
The Indian Culture(Pages 60-61)
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• Before Europeans arrived, a confederacy of towns was formed.
• By the middle of eighteenth century, the Creek Nation consisted of about 60 towns.
• Indian women were models of industry in their daily lives. While the men hunted or played at games, the women were busy keeping their homes.
The Indian Culture(Pages 62-64)
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• People of different cultures competed for control and power. Meanwhile, the 13 colonies grew restless. The American Revolution was looming on the horizon.
Control and Power(Page 65)