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.

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.

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)