1.A member of a Native American people made up of various primarily Creek groups who moved into northern Florida during the 1700s and 1800s, later inhabiting the Everglades region as well, with present-day populations in Oklahoma and southern Florida. The Seminole Wars ended in the removal of...
INDIANS. The aborigines of this country are so called. 2. In general, Indians have no political rights in the United States; they cannot vote at the general elections for officers, nor hold office. In New York they are considered as citizens and not as aliens, owing allegiance to the gove...
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Indians, AMERICAN.—GENERAL.—When Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492 he was welcomed by a brown-skinned people whose physical appearance confirmed him in his opinion that he had at last reached India, and whom, therefore, he called Indios, Indians, a name which, however...
根据原文第四段By 1875 the Indians were living in special places called "reservations".But even here the whites took land from them(到1875年,印第安人生活在被称为"保留地"的特殊地方。但即使是在这里,白人也从他们手中夺走了土地)可知,白人甚至想在印第安人的保留地获得更多的土地。C.The whites even ...
【关键句】Columbus thought he had arrived in India, so he calledthe native people“Indians”.(第一段第二句)译文:哥伦布以为他到达了印度,所以他称当地居民为“印第安人”。【解题思路】该题问的是为什么哥伦布称当地人为印第安人。根据关键句可知,哥伦布以为自己到达了印度,所以称当地人为印第安人。故选A。
In a special junta held in 1714 the missionaries, against the civil and military authorities, defended the right of the Christian Indians to carry arms and paint their bodies. From 1719 to 1745 the Jesuits of Arizona made efforts to secure official charge of the Hopi, but without success. ...
The Comanches used their military power to obtain supplies and labor from the Americans, Mexicans, and Indians through thievery, tribute, and kidnappings. (See Comanche-Mexico War) Although powered by violence, the Comanche empire was primarily an economic construction, rooted in an extensive ...
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