After 300 years of interaction between the Cherokees and the Euro-settlers from the northeast and southeast of the American continent, the European immigrants considered setting up settlements on the Appalachia region. The immigration process was accelerated by the initial contacts between the Native Americans and the European explorers. And the accelerated immigration brought about conflict resulting in the Cherokee-European war as the natives tried to protect their land. Unfortunately, the European settlers won the war with assistance from the British colonial Army in 1688 (Drake, 2001). Afterward, the British colonialist allocated land according to the settlement. When the European settlers moved into the Appalachia region, they formed the Appalachian culture based on the back-country routes. They also formed three major reservoirs namely the central valley of Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania, and the piedmont of North Carolina to hold all the people flowing into the Appalachia region.
When studying chapter 1: The Road to Qualla, I was enlightened on the culture and the organization of the societies of the Iroquois people and the Cherokees. I also learned that the Iroquois men were hunters and warriors. The Cherokee men were good blacksmiths and had a lot of knowledge about guns. Both tribes had one goal in mind which is to defend their land, people, and livestock against any foreigners. Additionally, I was surprised to learn about the oppression and massacre of the Iroquois people and the oppression of the Cherokees in the Appalachian region. These atrocities began early 18 th century when the native people were displaced due to the massacre by the European settler (Drake, 2001). After setting up regional authorities, the colonizers tried to assimilate the remaining tribesmen into Christianity and those who refused were massacred. The discovery of gold in the Appalachia region enacted the regional relocation program for the natives. This program was accompanied by brutal policies and racism which result in the death of over 7,000 natives Indians during the relocation process (Drake, 2001).
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References
Drake, R. (2001). Introduction. In A History of Appalachia (pp. Vii-Xii). University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved August 20, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jcv7t.4
