The World of the Southern Indians

by Brown, Virginia Pounds; Owens, Laurella; Glick, Nathan H.

• ISBN13: 9780912221069
• ISBN10: 0912221062
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Beechwood Books

Summary

Discusses the history and culture of the five major Indian tribes of the southeastern United States including the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles. Also includes a dictionary of place names of Indian origin and a chronology of important dates.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(4)
Indians of the South: Introduction	13	(3)
The Long Story of the Southern Indians	16	(3)
They Discovered the South: Prehistoric Indians	19	(14)
Hunters (Paleo-Indian Period)	21	(3)
Gatherers (Archaic Period)	24	(1)
Farmers (Woodland Period)	25	(2)
Mound Builders (Mississippian Period)	27	(6)
Southern Indians Meet Their First White Men	33	(12)
The Calusas of Florida	33	(2)
De Soto Explores Indian Country	35	(3)
De Soto in Alabama	38	(1)
The Bloody Battle of Maubila	39	(1)
Toward the Mississippi	40	(5)
The Indian Way	45	(6)
Clans and Families	45	(2)
The Spirit World	47	(2)
A Sacred Trust	49	(2)
Choctaws, Master Farmers and Ball Players	51	(18)
Farmers	52	(2)
Stickball Players	54	(3)
Strange Customs	57	(1)
Government	58	(1)
The Choctaws and the Whites	59	(1)
How the Choctaws Lost Their Land	60	(2)
Famous Choctaws: Pushmataha; Greenwood LeFlore	62	(5)
Sounds and Meanings: Choctaw Place Names Used Today	67	(2)
Chickasaws, Skilled Warriors	69	(12)
The Art of Warfare	69	(3)
Cousins to the Choctaws	72	(2)
The Chickasaws and the Whites	74	(2)
Famous Chickasaws: Colbert Brothers; Taski Etoka	76	(3)
Sounds and Meanings: Chickasaw Place Names Used Today	79	(2)
Creeks, People of the Sacred Fire	81	(20)
Upper Creeks and Lower Creeks	82	(1)
Creek Towns	83	(2)
Green Corn Ceremony	85	(3)
Creek Indian War	88	(3)
Famous Creeks: Alexander McGillivary; Mary Bosomworth; Menawa; William McIntosh; William Weatherford	91	(8)
Sounds and Meanings: Creek Place Names Used Today	99	(2)
Cherokees, the Principal People	101	(14)
The Cherokees and the Whites	103	(2)
How the Cherokees Lost Their Land	105	(1)
The Trail of Tears	106	(1)
Famous Cherokees: John Ross; Sequoyah; Nancy Ward; Major Ridge and John Ridge	107	(6)
Sounds and Meanings: Cherokee Place Names Used Today	113	(2)
Seminoles, a People Who Never Surrendered	115	(12)
Trouble with the Whites	115	(2)
Life in the Everglades	117	(4)
Famous Seminoles: Osceola; Coacoochee, or Wild Cat	121	(4)
Sounds and Meanings: Seminole Place Names Used Today	125	(2)
Important Small Tribes	127	(10)
Timucuas	127	(1)
Natchez	128	(2)
Alibamos and Koasatis	130	(1)
Shawnees	131	(2)
Catawbas	133	(1)
Yuchis	134	(3)
Seeing the South's Indian Heritage: a Guide by States	137	(24)
Alabama	138	(4)
Florida	142	(3)
Georgia	145	(4)
Mississippi	149	(4)
North Carolina	153	(3)
South Carolina	156	(2)
Tennessee	158	(3)
Highlights of Southern Indian History: Important Dates of the Historic Period, 1513--1840	161	(6)
References and Recommended Reading	167	(3)
Credits	170	(1)
Index	171