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John Eliot | "Apostle to the Indians" 1st Bible in Am. was his translation of an Indian language |
Joseph Brant | Mohawk Chief who translated the Scripture into his people's language |
David Brainard | Preached to the Indians with an interpreter |
Tecumseh | Shawnee chief who fought to keep white men out of Indian territory |
John Capanius | Swedish Lutheran missionary who translated some of Martin Luther's writings |
Roger Williams | founded Rhode Island and Am. first Baptist church |
Tattamy | translated the preaching of David Brainard |
Sequoya | invented written language of the Cherokees |
Iroquois | long houses |
Seminole | lived in Everglades |
Hopewell | known for burial mounds |
Shawnee | name means "southerner" |
Wampanoags | shared Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims |
Mohawks | names means "man eater" |
Delawares | peace loving Indian tribe; kept a pictorial chronicle of their history |
Appalachian Mnts. | most prominent land form in eastern N. Am. |
Mammoth Cave | largest known under ground cave system in the world |
Cumberland Gap | narrow passageway between mnts. for pioneers to travel |
Atlantic Ocean | second largest ocean |
Piedmont Plateau | area that slopes from the eastern edge of the Appalacians to Atlantic Coastal Plain |
Everglades | marshy area of tall grasses and swamps in Florida |
wild turkey | Ben Franklin wanted this to be the national bird |