History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . isions: (i) Aboriginal History; including sketches of che Indian tribeswho resided within the limits of the State, or were connected with itshistory. (2) History of the Colonial Relations ; extending from 1584, whenthe English colonial system began, to 1763, when the First Treaty ofParis established the claims of England ; and including the colonialrelations of Tennessee to foreign claimants, and to the English gov-ernment, and as part successively of Virginia, of Carolina, and ofNorth Carolina. (3) The History of the Settlement of the Co
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . isions: (i) Aboriginal History; including sketches of che Indian tribeswho resided within the limits of the State, or were connected with itshistory. (2) History of the Colonial Relations ; extending from 1584, whenthe English colonial system began, to 1763, when the First Treaty ofParis established the claims of England ; and including the colonialrelations of Tennessee to foreign claimants, and to the English gov-ernment, and as part successively of Virginia, of Carolina, and ofNorth Carolina. (3) The History of the Settlement of the Conntry by the whitesto the date of its admission as a State. Part II. The history of Tennessee from its admission into the Union, 1796,to the present time. This part is also treated in three divisions:(i) Tennessee zaider the Constitution of iyg6. (2) Tennessee under the Constitutio?t of (3) Te?i?iessee tinder the Constitution of iSjo. PART I. THE HISTORY OF TENNESSEE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE DATE OF ITS ADMISSION AS A STATE, JUNE I, Indian Races East op the Mississippi River. DIVISION I. ABORIGINAL HISTORY. CHAPTER I. THE INDIANS. \* Indian Races.—Four races of Indians, distinct from each otherin characteristics and appearance, lived east of the Mississippi Riverwhen Cohirabus discovered America, viz.: the Esquimaux, the Algon-quins, the Iroquois, and the Mobilians. The Esquimaux dwelt inLabrador and the extreme northern part of America. They have noconnection with Tennessee history. The Algonquins occupied theentire country from the Carolina line north to the country of the Es-quimaux, except a small territory around the great lakes. The Iro-quois, or Five Nations, occupied a small area around Lakes Ontarioand Erie and touched Lake Huron. The entire territory from thenorthern boundary of Carolina southward, except portions of MiddleTennessee and North Alabama, was occupied by the races were subdivided into various tribes. These should best
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