The cherokee used many different weapons on a daily basis. A few of the weapons they used were guns, spears, and bow and arrows. The weapons were made a certain way and used in many different ways in the location of the tribe. The only type of a gun that I found out that the Cherokee Indians used was a dart gun or blow gun. The blow guns are a tube and sharp needle like object. The indians would blow threw the tube to shoot the needle/dart at other people, animals, targets for training, and est. One of my favorite darts that i found out of is poison darts that rot the skin away. Dart guns were very popular back in the day but it is unique to have a antique dart gun. The Cherokee indians used spears for multiple things. The spear is a very unique
The land of the Native Indians had been encroached upon by American settlers. By the
The Cherokee lived along the eastern part of the Tennessee River thriving in the bottomlands from Virginia southward, and built their houses in villages, which were separated by daylong walks. Their houses were made of wood and stone, fields planted, nuts and berries gathered, game cured, and tobacco was smoked. The Cherokees predominantly relied upon hunting as their sole source of food, and lived peacefully with the Creek tribe, with whom they shared hunting grounds. Their hunting grounds extended from the Mississippi River to the Blue Ridge Mountains and from Central Georgia all the way north to Ohio River.
The Cherokee lived in a very different climate than the Aztecs and because of the difference they had different crops and food. Crafts The Cherokees made bows and arrows. They also made many different kinds of baskets and pottery. They made the bows and arrows for hunting and also to protect themselves. The baskets were to store food and to carry things in.
Another fact is Powhatan warriors used tomahawks or wooden war clubs. They also carried shields and hats. Powhatan hunters use bows and arrows. If you would like to learn more about the Powhatan tribe, please continue reading this paper. You will learn all about the Powhatan and how they lived.
The Native Americans of the southeast live in a variety of environments. The environments range from the southern Appalachian Mountains, to the Mississippi River valley, to the Louisiana and Alabama swamps, and the Florida wetlands. These environments were bountiful with various species of plant and animal life, enabling the Native American peoples to flourish. “Most of the Native Americans adopted large-scale agriculture after 900 A.D, and some also developed large towns and highly centralized social and political structures.” In the first half of the 1600s Europeans encountered these native peoples. Both cultures encountered new plants, animals, and diseases. However, the Indians received more diseases compared to the few new diseases to the Europeans. The new diseases resulted in a massive loss of Native Americans, including the Southeast Indians which had never encountered the new diseases. Three of the main tribes in the southeast were the Cherokee and the Creek. They were part of a group of southeast tribes that were removed from their lands. These tribes later became known as “The Five Civilized Tribes because of their progress and achievements.”
The Seminole Wars, also known as the Florida Wars, are wars fought between the Seminole Indians and the Americans. The Seminole Indian tribe is well known as the "unconquered" tribe. This is because the Seminole were not defeated and nor moved from their homeland, but whether moved by choice. The Seminole were formed in Northern Florida. The Seminoles were descends from the creeks, which made it easier for the Seminole to become allies with the Spanish then the United States. The Seminole Wars are three wars that were fought against Seminole Indians and Americans. The First Seminole War lasted about a year. The Second Seminole War lasted about seven years. The Third Seminole War lasted about three years. During the Seminole Wars many lives were
Armed with the Springfield model 1873 carbines, Colt single action .45 Caliber pistol and saddle saber. The carbine did have a more significant range of 1600 yards and better accuracy than the Henry and Spencer repeating rifles. But the Springfield was prone to jamming. The copper round would expand from the heat of the weapon during repeated use. While the Henry and spencer rifles were 3 times as effective at close quarters and rapid reloading then the Springfield. Giving an advantage to the Tribesmen. Another advantage given to the Northern Plains Tribesmen by LTC Custer was declining to use the Gatling guns. (A rapid-fire weapon used during the war) Being that they were too hard to move through the road leading to the Little Bighorn River. The road was very hazardous, with vast stretches of mountain terrain and a maze of bluffs and ravines to navigate through. The Northern Plains Tribesmen consisted of 10,000 well trained hunters, training most of their lives against humans and animals. Skilled with close quarter weapons and armed with Henry and Spencer lever-action repeating rifles, tomahawks, clubs, knives and the
They also hunted small game with blowguns that were accurate from up to 60 feet
The Cherokee lived in the present day United States of America hundreds of years before its occupation by the Europeans. History proclaims that members of this community migrated from the Great Lakes and settled in the Southern Appalachians. When the Europeans started settling down in America, the Cherokee decided to co-exist peacefully with her foreign neighbors. The Cherokee lands consisted of Alabama, parts of Virginia, Kentucky, North and South Carolina and Georgia.... ... middle of paper ...
In relation to war, the most preferred weapon was the javelin, which could be used for both close combat and long range. The javelin was a highly effective weapon and it ensured that those using it were not easy to defeat. Furthermore, the javelin was often used alongside a shield, which was essential for not only blocking attacks, but also kept the enemy at bay while the javelin was used to strike. 'The horse' was also used but because of having to use both a shield and
There are many different ways in which these hunters killed the whitetail deer in the past and still use some of these objects and methods today. Blunt objects, clubs, spears, knives, axes, harpoons, bow and arrow, traps, snares and guns are some of the objects used for hunting. The Native Americans’ main way of killing deer was bow and arrow. Native American’s methods of hunting were used for centuries. The arrival of the Europeans vastly altered the hunting process. The Native Americans understood hunting, and that is what they did best. Native Americans only hunted what they needed. The entire carcass was used and the other resources were not wasted. From the web site Le Moyne Pictures, a French explorer describes the Native Americans, "The Indians, when hunting deer, used ingenuity such as we had never seen before…” (Le Moyne Index 1994). A clever invention of these Indians was to modify the carcasses of the deer into disguises (1994). This innovation allowed the Indians to get very close to the deer. The disguises made killing them a lot easier with bows and arrows. According to the article, “How the Indians Hunt Deer,” the Native Americans were described as being skillful, “they were able to remove the deer skin and prepare it without any metal knife, just shells, with such skill that I doubt there was anyone in the whole of Europe who could do it better” (1994...
Archeologists say that the Cherokee Indians migrated south from the Great Lakes region around the 15th century. The Cherokee tribe was one of the largest Native American tribes eventually settling and occupying the southeast portion of what was to become the United States. The Cherokee tribe was highly religious and spiritual. They considered warfare to be a polluting act and warriors were required to go thru a purification by a priest before reentering the Cherokee village. Yet in 1830, the Cherokee Indians were forcibly removed from their homeland by the very government the Cherokee Indians had supported during the Revolutionary War. This journey was later called the Trail of Tears.
The thesis statement "In preparing for the Cherokee Removal, state, and federal officials were motivated solely by desire to seize the Natives' land." First off, who is preparing for the removal? Was it the white settlers or was it entailing the natives themselves? The thesis statement is not complex enough and fails to mention the Trail of Tears or the preparations that were taken to remove the Cherokee's. In this way, the full historical picture is avoided making the thesis difficult to under why and how the natives were affected.
Archery began as a method of hunting employed all over the world. The first written accounts of bow hunting appeared in 1200 B.C with the Assyrians and Hittites (Archery Equipment). Using a bow allowed hunters to kill game from greater distances, reducing the risk of scaring the prey away. These predecessors to the modern bow were constructed from animal bone and wood. Along with pursuing animals, bows were used in batt...
From 1755 to 1760 the Indians fought the French in the French Indian war and relied on their archery skills to defend themselves. From 1700 to 1800 bows and arrows were still widely used by the Native Americans, but started to become familiar with guns and ended up using both for hunting and protection.