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Events relating to the american indians
With the sea level falling, a land bridge (known as Beringia) forms between Siberia and Alaska, enabling humans to enter the continent of America
The La Brea tarpit in Los Angeles shows signs of human activity in the region
Archaeological evidence reveals that the central plains of north America by now have a widespread human population
Hunter-gatherers gradually extend their territory far into South America
As temperatures warm, the sea level rises, submerging the Bering land bridge and isolating the Siberian immigrants as the aboriginal Americans
As the ice cap recedes, hunter-gatherers move up the eastern side of America into Newfoundland and the prairie provinces of Canada
By now the mammoth, the giant bison and the horse are all extinct in America, partly because of the warming climate and partly because of the success of humans with spears
Cartier, welcomed by the Huron Indians, gives their island in the St Lawrence river the name of Montreal
Five tribal troups form a League of Five Nations, commonly known as the Iroquois League or Confederacy, against their common enemy the Huron
The English artist John White paints the everyday life of the Secotan Indians of America
John Smith claims (many years later) that when captured by Indians he was saved from execution by Pocahontas, daughter of the chief
The American Indian princess Pocahontas is taken hostage by Jamestown colonists in the first Anglo-Powhatan war
Pocahontas is baptized a Christian and marries John Rolfe, one of the Jamestown colonists
Pocahontas fascinates Londoners when she arrives with her husband to publicize Jamestown
John Smith publishes A Description of New England, an account of his exploration of the region in 1614
The Mayflower settlers in Plymouth offer thanksgiving for their first harvest, eating turkeys in a celebration shared by local Indians
A sudden attack by Powhatan Indians, led by their chieftain Opechancanough against the English colony at Jamestown, results in the death of more than 300 settlers
Peter Minuit purchases the island of Manhattan from local Indians and calls the place New Amsterdam
War between English colonists and Pequot Indians brings disaster to the Pequots but safeguards the settlement of Connecticut
Iroquois raids drive the Huron west to the Great Lakes
A sudden uprising by the Wampanoag Indians against the new England settlements begins the conflict known as King Philip's War
The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico rise against the Spanish, killing 21 missionaries and some 400 colonists
William Penn achieves peace for Pennsylvania by negotiating a treaty with the local Lenape (or Delaware) tribes
The Iroquois League becomes known as the Six Nations, after the Tuscarora join the group
The British colonies negotiate with the Iroquois at the Albany Congress, in the face of the French threat in the Ohio valley
