History and government of the United States, for evening schools . n within the present territory of the UnitedStates formed many small bands and wandered about throughlarge regions of territory, constantly fighting with one coming of the whites compelled the various Indian tribesto be much more friendly because of the alliances among themthat were necessary to enable them to fight the whites. Someof the colonies were always friendly with the Indians. Ofthese, Pennsylvania was especially peaceful until the time ofthe Erench and Indian War. There were a few Indian tribeswith settled
History and government of the United States, for evening schools . n within the present territory of the UnitedStates formed many small bands and wandered about throughlarge regions of territory, constantly fighting with one coming of the whites compelled the various Indian tribesto be much more friendly because of the alliances among themthat were necessary to enable them to fight the whites. Someof the colonies were always friendly with the Indians. Ofthese, Pennsylvania was especially peaceful until the time ofthe Erench and Indian War. There were a few Indian tribeswith settled habitations, the most famous being the Iroquois. GEOGRAPHY OF OUR COUNTRY 15 Resemblances and Differences. — These native Indian tribesdiffered very greatly from one another. They spoke manydifferent languages or different dialects. Some of their gov-ernments had a general resemblance, and their customs andreligions were somewhat alike, but they lived in those violentconditions of personal feuds and tribal warfare which are theoutcome of intelligent White Settlers Trading with Indians 15. Origin of the Indians. — Although the origin of the In-dians is uncertain, there is reason to believe that the Indianrace has been in the world for thirty thousand years and more,a period ten times as long as that of civilized history in geographical origin^ of the Indians is probably the same asthat of the races from which the white men have sprung inAsia and Europe; that is, they are probably descended from 1 This interesting question is discussed by Professor W. Z. Ripley in hisRaces of Europe, and by Professor F. S. Dellenbaugh in his North Americansof Yesterday. 16 GEOGRAPHY OF OUR COUNTRY the people who many thousand years ago lived along the mar-gins of the lands stretching northwest and southeast from theMalay Peninsula to the British Isles, Iceland, and Present Condition of the Aborigines. — The effect of thesettling of the New World by Europ
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