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Sept.
20, 1805:
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Today through October 9th, Lewis and Clark meet with the
Nez Perce in the Weippe prairie, east of Weippe, Idaho
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Sept.
21, 1638:
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The Treaty of Hartford is signed. After
losing their battle with the English, and their Indians allies,
the Pequots surrender. The surviving members of the tribe
are given as servants to the Indian allies of the English.
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Sept.
22, 1711:
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The
Tuscarora Indians, under Chief Hencock, join the Coree, Pamlico,
Machapunga, and Bear River Indians in an attack on the white
settlements on the Trent and Pamlico Rivers in North Carolina.
Almost 130 white adults, and half that many children are killed.
The war springs from whites settling in Indian lands, and
Indian retaliations. A Swiss promoter, Baron Christoph von
Graffenried orders the Indians removed, when he discovers
them on lands he has obtained from the Crown, at New Bern,
in western North Carolina.
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Original
Cherokee Supreme Courthouse Building
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Sept.
23, 1839:
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The Cherokee Nation's Supreme Court is
established.
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Sept.
24, 1819:
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Lewis Cass negotiates a treaty (7 stat. 203) for the United
States with the Chippewas. For $1000 a year, the services
of a blacksmith, and provisions, the Chippewa give up a large
section of land. The treaty is signed in Saginaw, Michigan.
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Sept.
25, 1714:
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The five Iroquois Nations send the Governor of New York,
a letter. They tell the Governor, that the Tuscaroras join
the Iroquois Confederacy. Long ago, they had moved away. Now,
they return.
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Language
stocks and dialects in the Chesapeake region circa 1607
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Sept.
26, 1675:
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Troops under Virginia Colonel John Washington and Maryland
Major Thomas Trueman surround the main base of the Susquehannock
Indians. They are there to discover if the Indians are responsible
for attacking colonial settlements. Trueman calls out the
Susquehannock for a conference under a flag of truce. Five
Chiefs come out of their fortified position to talk. They
deny being involved in the attacks. Trueman has them led away
and killed. Trueman gets off with a minor fine from the Maryland
Assembly for this act.
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Sept.
27, 1827:
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According
to some historians, today marks the end of the "Winnebago
Expedition." After the "Red Bird War", which
started on June 29, 1827, Winnebago Chief Red Bird surrenders,
in response to the army's threat to destroy the entire tribe.
Red Bird is found guilty of murdering several settlers and
rivermen; but, he dies in prison before he is sentenced.
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Sept.
28, 1867:
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In the final day of a three day fight, the First Cavalry,
Twenty-Third Infantry and Boise Indian scouts, fight with
a combined force of Paiute, Pit River and Modoc Indians in
Infernal Canyon, near Pitt River, south of modern Alturas,
California. A total of one officer, six soldiers, and one
civilian are killed. Eleven soldiers are wounded. Indians
losses are twenty killed, twelve wounded and two captured.
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 ERECTED
BY THE STATE OF KANSAS 1901
To mark the site of the Pawnee Republic, where
LIEUT.
ZEBULON M. PIKE
caused the Spanish flag to be lowered
and the flag of the United States to be raised,
September 29, 1806
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Sept.
29, 1806:
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Zebulon
Pike holds a grand council with the Pawnee. Pike estimates
400 Pawnee warriors attend. He hopes to win their allegiance
to the United States, rather than Spain.
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Sept.
30, 1730:
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In
British Court in London, seven Cherokee leaders sign the "Articles
of Agreement" with the Lords Commissioners. It is a formal
alliance covering allegiance, peace and the return of captives.
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October
1, 1539:
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Today, de Soto's expedition reaches the APALACHEE village
of Ivitachuco (also called Ibitachuco), in north eastern Florida.
The spanish will set up camp near the village. Throughout
the evening, the Indians will shoot arrows at the Spanish
with little effect. The Narvaez Expedition had also visited
the village in June 25, 1528, which may somewhat account for
the hostile reception de Soto's Expedition will receive.
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October
2, 1685:
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According
to some sources, an agreement is reached today for the DELEWARE
Indians to cede some lands to Pennsylvania.
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October
3, 1786:
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A group of 30 settlers, organized by the McNitt family,
are moving from Virginia to Kentucky. Tonight near present
day London, Kentucky, they are attacked by a CHICKAMAUGA war
party. Twenty-one of the Europeans will be killed, and 5 will
be captured. Of the 4 people who escape, one, a pregnant woman,
will hide in a hollow log, where she gives birth.
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