Great Indian WarpathEdit This Page
From FamilySearch Wiki
(Difference between revisions)
(AL, VA template) |
(WV) |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by one user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Great_Indian_Warpath|Great Indian Warpath]]''[[Image:Catawba and Unicoi Trails.png|right|650px]] | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Migration Internal|Migration ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Great_Indian_Warpath|Great Indian Warpath]]''[[Image:Catawba and Unicoi Trails.png|right|650px]] | ||
| − | The ''' | + | The '''Great Indian Warpath''' (purple on the map), or Seneca Trail, was actually a network of ancient Indian pathways with many branches. Some parts of the trail also shifted west over time to adjust to pressure from British colonies.<ref>"Great Indian Warpath" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Warpath (accessed 17 December 2010).</ref> The path goes from Mobile, Alabama to Chattanooga, Tennessee to Knoxville, Tennessee to Bristol, Virginia to Roanoke, Virginia along the Appalachian Valley.<ref name="ETHS1st">East Tennessee Historical Society, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44435788 First families of Tennessee: a register of early settlers and their present-day descendants]'' (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, c2000) [{{FHL|976.8 H2ff}}], 23-24.</ref> The trail also continued north to West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and the Great Lakes under the name of the Seneca Trail. Parts of the Great Indian Warpath were used as parts of other trails such as the [[Great Valley Road]], [[Kanawha Trail]], [[Wilderness Road]], [[Catawba Trail]], [[Unicoi Trail]], and [[Georgia Road]].<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 849, 855. [{{FHL|973 D27e 2002}}]. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62744825 WorldCat entry.]</ref> |
=== Settlers and Records === | === Settlers and Records === | ||
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
| − | {{Alabama|Alabama}}{{Tennessee|Tennessee}}{{Virginia|Virginia}} | + | {{Alabama|Alabama}}{{Maryland|Maryland}}{{New York|New York}}{{Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania}}{{Tennessee|Tennessee}}{{West Virginia|West Virginia}}{{Virginia|Virginia}} |
| − | [[Category:Migration_Routes]] [[Category:US_Migration_Trails_and_Roads]] [[Category:Tennessee]] [[Category:Virginia]] [[Category: | + | [[Category:Migration_Routes]] [[Category:US_Migration_Trails_and_Roads]] [[Category:Alabama]] [[Category:Tennessee]] [[Category:Virginia]] [[Category:West_Virginia]] [[Category:Maryland]] [[Category:Pennsylvania]] [[Category:New_York]] |
Latest revision as of 16:18, 17 December 2010
United States
Migration Trails and Roads Great Indian Warpath
The Great Indian Warpath (purple on the map), or Seneca Trail, was actually a network of ancient Indian pathways with many branches. Some parts of the trail also shifted west over time to adjust to pressure from British colonies.[1] The path goes from Mobile, Alabama to Chattanooga, Tennessee to Knoxville, Tennessee to Bristol, Virginia to Roanoke, Virginia along the Appalachian Valley.[2] The trail also continued north to West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and the Great Lakes under the name of the Seneca Trail. Parts of the Great Indian Warpath were used as parts of other trails such as the Great Valley Road, Kanawha Trail, Wilderness Road, Catawba Trail, Unicoi Trail, and Georgia Road.[3]
Settlers and Records
The earliest travelers used the trail more for trade or war than for moving settlers. There is no known list of settlers who travelled the whole Great Indian Warpath. However, many pioneers used sections of the trail, for example from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Huntsville, Alabama (a spur of the Georgia Road). For records of settlers who used parts of the Great Indian Warpath, see the name of the smaller trail that traversed part of the longer Warpath.
Internet Sites
- "Native American Trails" in Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture at http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=T106 (accessed 14 August 2010).
- Will McElfresh, "Why We Are Here" Chapter 1 in A Special Place for 200 Years at http://spec.lib.vt.edu/bicent/recoll/histbook/arehere.htm (accessed 15 August 2010).
Source
- ↑ "Great Indian Warpath" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Warpath (accessed 17 December 2010).
- ↑ East Tennessee Historical Society, First families of Tennessee: a register of early settlers and their present-day descendants (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, c2000) [FHL 976.8 H2ff], 23-24.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 849, 855. [FHL 973 D27e 2002]. WorldCat entry.
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Need additional research help? Contact our research help specialists.
Need wiki, indexing, or website help? Contact our product teams.
Did you find this article helpful?
You're invited to explain your rating on the discussion page (you must be signed in).
- This page was last modified on 17 December 2010, at 16:18.
- This page has been accessed 4,323 times.
New to the Research Wiki?
In the FamilySearch Research Wiki, you can learn how to do genealogical research or share your knowledge with others.
Learn More