a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area. 6. What Spanish term is the name given to leaders of Spanish conquests? conquistadors 7. By the mid-sixteenth century, what areas of the globe did Spain control?
Algonquians mostly lived along the river where they could go fishing and hunting. The authors said, “The hunting parties were traversing a well-watered and heavily forested landscape which white men would one day call Maine” (pg 5). They used to be called as “Penobscot” or “people of the white rocks country”. Their land marked the northern limits of Indian farming because late thaws and early frosts let them make only a little corn, squash, and beans (pg 6). In addition, the time-honored habits of fishing and hunting on which their survival depended were the main aspect for the annual change between seasonal camps up and down the Penobscot River valley (pg 6).
California Missions Introductions Missions were started in the 1700s. King Charles III had ordered mission settlements to be built along the coast of Upper California and it was a Spanish missionary named Fray Junipero Serra’s task to carry out the king’s wishes. The missioners had a goal. They wanted Native Americans to change to their religion. These neophytes, as they newly converted were called, had to obey the missionary in charge.
(My State, 1) California was later explored by the Spanish in 1542 by Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho (Timeline, 1) Spanish explorers took the name for California from a Spanish fable that described California as a palace that has many gold and beasts with magic (My State, 2). After 200 years, the first Europeans finally come to California, but they accidently brought a disease called typhus with them and killed thousands of natives (Timeline, 2). In 1821, Mexico won their independence from Spain. The next year, California became part of this Mexican nation. In 1826, an American named Jedediah Smith started to sell furs form different routes.
There were no markets for farm produce, no roads to transport people or goods, no community or family to support a European community and very few women. Even places of worship did not exist. In 1627, Cardinal Richelieu, first minister to Louis XIII, worried that the colony of New France was not developing as it should. He feared that the British and Dutch colonies to the south would take over New France. Richelieu decided that a more permanent settlement in New France would protect France’s position in the continent and help develop the trade and commerce that would bring more money and benefits to the mother country.
The Nanticoke were real good fisherman because they lived by a river. So fishing was a big part of their culture. Their clothing was usually made from animal’s skins. Mostly deer skin and bear skin was used usually. Even though there were a lot of wolves in the area they didn’t use them because they were considered to be their friends.
- Hunting the Animal- There are many animals that the Native American people like to hunt. Some of them include duck, turkeys, deer, salmon, rabbit, buffalo, elk, shellfish and geese. - Spiritual People- All tribes in Native American people were religious and spiritual. They believe in many gods and perform religious ritual and customs. - Roles of Men and Women- All Native American people perform the similar roles for women and men.
This moose was a lot like Koskoosh because it was too old to keep up with its tribe as well. At the end of the story Koskoosh dies by being attacked by wolves. Koskoosh decided this was “The law of life”. (12) The setting of this story is a cold winter. Around this time the tribe is moving to a warmer place where they can find food.
The myth of the Native Americans in the West was that they were inferior savages while the reality was much different. Native Americans had no political or economic opportunities due to white settlers migrating.
The crops consisted of beans, corn, pumpkin, and watermelons. They hunted deer, wild turkeys, foxes, bears, and mountain lions. They never hunted or ate snakes and prairie dogs because they were believed to be unsanitary. The Apache men would cut their hair very short on their left, but let the right side of their head grow longer. The men would tie a few decorations on their heads.