Chronology of American Indian History

upon the death of his uncle Ahitzotl. Generous and benevolent, Ahitzotl is well loved by his subjects but weak in battle. His su ...

improve their working conditions. One provision, for instance, stipulates that Indian miners be given 40 days of rest after ever ...

P When the Spaniards reach the coast, they make alliances with several Indian peoples, who have been subjugated by the powerful ...

P have been decimated by epidemics of non-Indian diseases. One Aztec survivor will later remember, “Al- most the whole populatio ...

Cabeza de Vaca’s party enjoys their hospitality for six years before deciding to embark on foot toward Spanish-held lands in wha ...

P P “[W]ee caused a faire high Crosse to be made of the height of thirty foot.... So soon as it was up, we alto- gether kneeled ...

two years, de Soto’s soldiers will travel north through present-day Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina before turning w ...

P tact with many Indian groups, who are repelled by the Spaniards’ violence but intrigued by the horses, cattle, and other Europ ...

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo explores the Pacific coast. A Spanish exploration headed by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo travels up the coast ...

P and force them to work in their mines. The fierce Chichimec tribes respond with a series of guerrilla raids on Spanish settlem ...

inhabitants. The expedition then establishes a military post to the south, St. Augustine. The first permanent European settlemen ...

P brought to his people, an Algonquian tribe on the York River in present-day Virginia, a year earlier by Don Luis himself. He h ...

1584 The English found a colony on Roanoke Island. At the encouragement of Sir Walter Raleigh, Queen Elizabeth I of England send ...

A watercolor by John White depicting the various fishing methods used in the 16th century by Indians in present-day North Caroli ...

P fishing and farming methods, clothing, ceremo- nial dances, and family life. Intended to promote further English colonization, ...

Indians that through their submission they will obtain such benefits as new trade goods and the Catholic re- ligion, which promi ...

In 1607 the English founded Jamestown; in 1608 the French built Quebec; and in 1609 the Spanish established Santa Fe. Non-Indian ...

tle regard for the Indian populations they displaced. With the exception of a few enlightened colonial leaders such as Roger Wil ...

P 1607 May English colonists establish Jamestown on Powhatan land. In three ships, approximately 100 English arrive on the coast ...

P 1609 English explorer Henry Hudson travels up the Hudson River. Hired by the Dutch East India Company, Eng- lishman Henry Huds ...