Posted on 03/07/2023 3:26:56 PM PST by daniel1212
In the Northeast woodlands the most feared and hated nation was the Iroquois — especially the Mohawk and Seneca. The Algonquian speaking nations and Iroquoian speaking Huron were particular enemies of the Iroquois. In the 1640s, the Iroquois unleashed a virtual genocide on the other Nations of the region, one that was not quickly forgotten.
The Ojibwa defeated a number of the Iroquois incursions and ran the Sioux out of their forested homeland onto the plains. The Ojibwa (Chippewa and associated bands) occupied more land than any other tribe ever has from Manitoba to Indiana and took over smaller tribes on their pursuit west.
In the Southeast, the Muskogean-speaking peoples made up the largest linguistic group and included the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole among others. These were know as the Five Civilized Tribes, but their martial abilities should not be underestimated. The Seminole, in particular were suppressed but never defeat by US forces. Creeks were the dominant people in Georgia during the majority of its colonial era.
There is no doubt the Crows were among the fiercest on the Plains/Yellowstone regions. Excellent horsemen, horse raiders, great hunters, epic warriors and iconic Chiefs. They were also among the most wealthiest in terms of horse numbers. They fought virtually every tribe on all sides to defend their hunting grounds and homelands with little to no "alliances" unlike the Sioux. The Sioux Indians were one of the most feared Nations, but they were actually a large alliance — Dakota, Lakota, Sioux, often siding with the Cheyenne.
In the Southwest, the Comanche were particular unfriendly to other bands, but the Pima seem to have been the Nation most feared by other tribes. The Comanche were noted for being fierce warriors who fought vigorously to defend their homeland. However, they were, at one time or another, at war with virtually every other Native American group living on the Southern Plains. Many historians debate whether the Comanche deserve their ferocious reputation.
The attacks of the Apache on the Pima Villages caused the Pima to develop their own unique militia organization capable of offense and defense. This “militia” had its antecedents in Pima auxiliaries used by the Spanish garrisons from 1694. In 1857. an estimated 300 Yuma, Mohave, Apache and Yavapai warriors attacked a Pima Maricopa village in one of the largest all native inter-tribal battles in Arizona's history. The Maricopa / Pima forces, some mounted on horses, surrounded the attackers before annihilating them. The attackers lost 200 killed to the Pima.
https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-most-terrifying-Native-American-tribe-to-get-in-a-skirmish-with-during-the-Indian-Wars-I-have-an-Apache-friend-who-swears-it-was-the-Pima-Tribe-who-I-really-know-nothing-about-I-always-thought-it-was/answer/James-Martin-2066
The reality that the American Indians were over all given to war is not an aspect the Left, which seduces multitudes with its victim entitlement mentality whereby they obtain power by presenting themselves as saviors. At the expense of others and detriment of all.
Not that this excuses the many times natives were lied to and mistreated by the government.
The Seneca Nation makes much paper tobacco from the white man’s speckled bones. His longhouses are many and made of steel, and supply much burning oil from wells nearby.
This can’t be correct. We’ve been told the Indians were just sitting over her singing kum ba ya.
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The Sioux (at least on the plains). That’s why the Crow and the Blackfeet allied with the U.S. Army.
Not the Hekawi’s ?
They’re Arabs and the white men are the-guess what?
The Iroquois expanded west along the south shore of Lake Erie seeking new hunting lands. They had a robust trade with the French, trading fur pelts for guns. They encountered the Erie, a somewhat backward and pacific tribe, who only had the bow and arrow which they used for hunting. The Iriquois virtually wiped them out and usurped a big piece of north east ohio for themselves. Liberals seem to be admirers of the Iroquois, for reasons one can only surmise.
That’s so cool! I live in Maricopa and never knew that the Pima Indians were so ferocious. Thanks for educating me about it.
I enjoy reading about the American Indian in fighting. Brutal.
The Carribean Indian tribes were interesting reading too.
“What Native American tribe was hated most by other Native American tribes?”
The one Elizabeth Warren belongs to.
I have heard the Iroquois were unusually cruel to other tribes and were feared and hated by them.
So much for the peaceful, happy natives myth.
That’s racist or sumpthin.
Slaves from Kentucky who ventured west to Nicodemus, Kansas said the Osage People were kind, gave them fish, helped them prepare for winter and were helpful. Apaches and Comanches were given to kidnapping. The Apaches kidnapped Mexican Rancheros children and sold them to the Kiowa. This I have on good sources.
I read a history book in college that contained testimony by one of the early explorers of the American West. It could have been the Louis & Clark expedition.
The writer describes how one of the tribes with which he traveled enjoyed tormenting the women of a tribe they bested in battle by roasting their infants alive over an open fire while their tied-up mothers screamed hysterically.
After this, the women were murdered. Their men had already been dealt with.
I attended college in the mid-70s. Can you imagine such an assignment being made today?
“The Ojibwa (Chippewa and associated bands) occupied more land than any other tribe ever has from Manitoba to Indiana”
Not to mention Macomb County, MI. One of the worst Macomb County high schools for drugs in the 70’s was named after the Chippewa. Another in the area was a middle school named after the Algonquin. However, most of the kids attending the Jr. High were still clean by the time they went on to high school.
I don’t think Iroquois was a tribe. In 7th grade we learned it was a Nation, made up of tribes.
My understanding is that the word “Iroquois” translates as “Schutzstaffel.”
Well, like the Iroquois here the Left is not content to leave peaceful non-Woke alone, but selfishly seeks dominion over all.
I grew up in Arizona and had to take Arizona history in high school. The Pima were the most feared and hated tribe, by all the other area tribes. Eventually they all banded together and did finally wipe out the Pima.
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