Trade, Religion, and War 18 th century 1

According to Pontiac, what did the Great Spirit instruct the Delaware Indians to do? 2

Source: Mapping History Project, U. Oregon. 3

Examples of decline Wampanoags (Mass.): from 2,500 in 1620 to 358 in 1763 Catawbas (S. Carolina): from 5,000 in early 17th c. to 500 in mid 18th c. 4

The Indian Slave Trade 5 Theodore de Bry’s depiction of Spanish slavery in Peru, Florida Museum of Natural History

6 Source: Dr. John E. Worth, University of West Florida Carolina settlers Guns Indian slaves (Guales, Timucuas, Chickasaws) Jamaica Barbados Westos Savannahs Yamasees

Tuscarora War > 1,400 Tuscarora killed, 1,000 enslaved -> 2,000 joined Iroquois ‘Six Nations’ Yamasee Revolt > Smaller tribes joined the Catawbas 7

8 Iroquois Confederacy (Six Nations) = allied with British Delaware

The ‘Walking Purchase’ Source: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Ohio Valley 10

French forts, from Lake Erie to the Ohio River 11 Source: North Carolina Digital History

Treaty of Paris (1763) 12

Samson Occom 13 Source: Dartmouth College Library

Neolin and Pontiac 14 (19th century painting of Pontiac)

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Proclamation of 1763 Source: National Atlas of the United States of America (1970). 16

Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768) 17 Source: National Park Service

18 Portrait by George Romney, National Gallery of Canada Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea)