Monthly Archives: June 2014

On this date… June 13, 1717… New York

On this date in 1717, the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) Confederacy were conducting an investigation into the cause of a small pox epidemic.  They had sent investigators as far as Maryland and Virginia.  They met with the … Continue reading

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On this date…  June 1, 1773… Georgia

Many people believe that Europeans took the land from Native Americans by military conquest.  That was almost never the case.  On this date in 1773, the Creek and Cherokee signed over 2.5 million acres of land to the British to … Continue reading

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