NATIVEAMERICANSINKENTUCKY(精品).doc

NATIVE AMERICANS IN KENTUCKY Kenneth Barnett Tankersley, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati CHRONOLOGY 1540 Hernando De Soto’s expedition to the Mississippi River is the first time Europeans are seen by American Indians in Kentucky. 1629 British colonists in Virginia establish a trade network with Cherokee living in the Appalachian Mountains. 1690 King Williams War begins. 1697 The Ryswick Treaty is signed at the end of King Williams War. Territories remain the same as before the War. 1702 The Cherokees and Creeks side with the French during Queen Annes War. 1716 Cherokee strengthen their alliance with the British. 1717 This date is engraved in a sandstone rockshelter in eastern Kentucky. 1730 Cherokee Chiefs Attakullakulla, Clogoittah, Kollannah, Onancona, Oukah Ulah, Skalilosken Ketagustah, and Tathtowe travel to Great Britain with Alexander Cuming. 1722 The Treaty of Albany is made between the Haudenosaunee and Great Britain. The Haudenosaunee are joined by the Tuscarora and they expand by alliance and conquest to control an area from southern Canada to Kentucky. 1729 Shawnee lead a French expedition to Big Bone Lick. 1738 Smallpox infects American Indians living in the Appalachian Mountains. 1739 Shawnee lead a second expedition to Big Bone Lick. 1740 Cherokee and Creek ally together during the War of Jenkinss Ear. 1744 Treaty of Lancaster is made between the Haudenosaunee and Great Britain. 1748 Cherokees and Chickasaws fight against the French. 1750 The Wyandot and Shawnee to travel to the Cherokee country on the Great Warrior Road and a number of Shawnee families spend the winter with the Cherokee. 1751 A delegation of about sixty Cherokee attends a council at Lower Shawnee Town, which is well attended by representatives of the Delaware, Haudenosaunee, and Wyandotte. The Cherokee delegates make peace with the Wyandot and request permission from the Haudenosaunee to hunt in the land north of the Cumberland and 1,