History of the United States in 100 Objects -- 17: The Hiawatha Belt
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The Hodnoshoni and the American Revolution
iroquoisan speaking tribe further south, called the tuscarora engaged in a war with the colony of south carolina. They ended up retreating and migrating north to the hudson valley, and they joined the confederation. So instead of just five tribes, it became six. And soo s you'll hear them referred to in the 17 hundreds as the six nations. For a time, in the 17 twenties, thirties, forties, they were almost in a heyday as a major regional power. But their position was dramatically undercut then by the seven years war.
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