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Hernando de Soto meets the Cherokee in the Southeastern United States
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The Cherokee traded deer pelts and animal fur for guns, metal pots, and cloth.
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Europeans crossed paths with the Shawnee tribe and traded openly until the Europeans started fighting over land.
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Shawnee tribes from north of the Ohio River, Cherokee and Chicksaw tribes fought for control of the "Great Meadow" during this time. No Native American held possesion of what is now known as Kentucky.
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Traders moved arocc the mountains of Virginia and into Cherokee nation bringing small pox with them. Many died, not knowing how to fight the illness..
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The French and Indian War is fought. The Cherokee fought for the British. The Shawnee fought with the French.
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French and Indian War. The Cherokee tied with the British because of their close trading ties.
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He called for Indians to stick together and in 1810 he called for attacks on American frontier settlements
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Indian Removal Act forced the Cherokee and other Native American Tribes to leave their homeland in the Appalachian Mountains.
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7,00o U.S. soldiers had arrived in Cherokee land to round up 15,000 Native Americans. More than 4,000 Cherokee died over their journey to Okalahoma that took six months. Over 60,000 Native Americans total made this trip.
