Northeast Tribes 1600s

Tribes In 1600s

• The Abenaki, native to Maine and New Hampshire, made their villages along rivers and streams.
• The Iroquois were a group of five allied tribes known as the Iroquois Confederacy who lived in New York along the St. Lawrence River
•  The primarily agricultural Lenape (also known as the Delaware) lived in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.
• The Massachuset lived in the Massachusetts Bay area of Massachusetts and survived by farming, hunting, and fishing.
•  One of the most powerful tribes of its day, the Miami lived in areas of Indiana and Ohio. 
• The Pequot, native to Connecticut, survived through hunting, fishing, and farming.
• A confederacy of nearly 30 tribes, the Powhatan lived in areas of Virginia and Maryland.
•  Living in Ohio and Indiana, primarily in the Scioto River Valley, the Shawnee lived in round wigwams made of tree saplings, thick grasses, and other natural materials.

Source: http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/indians5.html

European settlers first brought smallpox to North America in the 1600s. In 1633-1634, the disease swept through the Northeast, wiping out entire Native American tribes.

Native populations in New England are thought to have plummeted by over 70 percent due to this outbreak (Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, 2012).