1. Iroquois, Mingo, and Wyandot
Chapter 1, Section 4

2. Historic Indians By 1650  Historic Indian groups came to Ohio
Lived after written history
Did not have their own written languages, however Europeans who met them did.
Written records from Europeans tell us a great deal about these Native Americans.

3. Native American Legends
Stories, songs, and legends can also tell us much about early Native Americans
Legends stories passed down over time
Used to explain how everything in the world came to be
Used to tell a tribe’s history

4. Native American Legends
Tribe  a group that shares the same language and has the same leaders
Legends often told how tribes first came to be
Legends provide clues about how the people saw their world
Tell much about a tribe’s history and culture

5. Cultures and Conflict
Tribes used natural resources to survive, and to make goods for trade
Traded with each other for the resources they didn’t have
Sometimes fought each other for control of land and resources

6. Cultures and Conflict
By early 1600s, Europeans began to settle in parts of North America
Settlements grew and spread into Native American territory --- conflict

7. Cultures and Conflict Europeans and Native Americans traded
Native Americans traded animal skins and furs for European goods such as cloth, glass, and metal tools and weapons
As fur trade increased, so did the demand for furs
Led to conflicts between Native Americans over hunting lands

8. The Iroquois 1650  came to Ohio from the Northeast
powerful – fought and drove out other tribes who lived around Lake Erie and along Ohio’s rivers

9. The Iroquois
Mostly wanted to hunt and trap animals in Ohio – did NOT want to settle there
Fished, hunted deer, beavers, foxes, and mink
Became a major source of furs for European traders
Gathered nuts and fruits, grew corn, beans, and squash

10. The Iroquois
Lived in villages and built large wooden homes called longhouses
Wooden poles = frame; sheets of bark = cover
Small fires kept burning inside
Several families lived in one longhouse  clan
Clans were led by women and often named after animals
Put their crest at their longhouse entrance

13. The Iroquois Each family slept on a platform
Weapons, tools, and baskets stored underneath
Pots, food, skins stored on shelves above the platform

14. The Mingo
Related to the Iroquois; spoke an Iroquois language and had similar customs; also known as the Seneca
mid-1770s  moved to Ohio from the east
Lived along the riverbanks of the Scioto and Sandusky Rivers in longhouses.
Communities develops near present-day Columbus

15. The Mingo
The tribe was formed by members of the Iroquois and other tribes.
Some were hunters who had left the Iroquois
Others were members of tribes who had been defeated by the Iroquois

16. The Mingo At first, lived peacefully with the Iroquois
Treated as equals by the Iroquois
Members of the Mingo tribe were not allowed to serve as Iroquois leaders
Began to act more like their own tribe over time
1750  conflicts with the Iroquois and European settlers pushed the Mingo tribe into eastern Ohio

18. The Wyandot
1650  Iroquois attacked tribes near Ontario to gain hunting land
Wyandot formed from tribes fleeing the Iroquois
mid-1700s  moved into northern Ohio from Canada
Settled mainly in villages along the Sandusky River and the Huron River

19. The Wyandot Their language is related to the Iroquois language
Lived in longhouses
Women leaders chose the Wyandot chiefs
Fierce warriors
Strongly resisted European settlements near where they lived