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…others. The Indians of the plains began calling the men of these cavalries “Buffalo Soldiers” due to their impressive fighting ability. The black men on the frontier loved the name, because the honor of being associated with the fighting spirit of the Indian’s…

…for the Indian society. Many times, those people who belonged to a lower class or group tried unsuccessfully to move up in the social ladder. This was not a simple thing and someone could not just change his or her class and often involved packing up and moving…

…R. David Edmunds story of Tecumseh affects our knowledge and understanding of Native American history during European expansionism in many ways. It shows Indian cooperation and European oppression in a different light. But, what made Edmunds write…

…likes Cora from the first time he sees her. He fights to protect her from he Indians. He falls in love with Cora and she falls in love for him. Cora is too be burned to death at a stake for punishment of her father, Colonel Edmund Monroe. Duncan is the only…

…, it encompassed Native Indians as well. The Carolina colony discovered through trading with Southern Indians that they could easily raid Spanish missions in Florida and take thousands of slaves at a time. The Southern colonists preferred women and children as slaves…

…indentured servants or part of the Headright System. As more and more people migrated to this region, they were forced to squat for lands. The Indians resisted this expansion but the Virginia government would not protect them. Governor Berkley took the Indians…

…The American Revolution had its beginnings in the french and indian war. For seven years, Britian battled the french and indian nations in the colonies. After winning the war, Britian had a huge debt to pay. To pay these expenses, George Grenville, who…

…“The Indians had called it Wakan, a reference to the clarity of its waters. Now it was fetid and murky, the mud banks glittering with broken glass and strewn with beer cans and the charred remains of bonfires. There was a single ravaged island a hundred yards from…

…or runaway slaves, also fought on both sides -- only to find themselves abandoned at war's end. Indians were drawn into the conflict, some siding with the British against the Americans (whom they resented for their efforts to push white settlement into Indian…

…into the mineral-rich soil that lay in this region. This region belonged to the Native Americans. In fact, this was in direct disregard to the treaty made with the Indians (as they were called at that time). The U.S. Army wold e in charge of driving the miners out…