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<blockquote data-quote="BASHMAN" data-source="post: 1597029" data-attributes="member: 8277">&quot;I could very easily see the Iroquois or the Cherokee having become great imperial powers if they hadn't had the smackdown put on them, first.&quot;Indeed you are right. An interesting historical note: the Cherokees actually began to mimic the plantation culture of the South, even having black slaves to raise tobacco and later cotton.&nbsp; They started copying other &quot;civilized&quot; aspects of life, living in nice houses, developing literacy, etc.Part of the reason they were pushed down the trail of tears was whites were jealous of their success as planters!&nbsp; When they went down the trail of tears, they took their slaves with them, and began creating plantations in Oaklahoma!&nbsp; Even more interesting, was that some factions within the Nation allied themselves to the Confederacy durng the Civil War!&nbsp; Although they were an independant nation, technically, and not all of them supported the confederates, the US government forced them to write a new treaty (they claimed the cherokees violated the earlier one by allying to the South) which outlawed slavery within the Cherokee Nation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BASHMAN, post: 1597029, member: 8277"] "I could very easily see the Iroquois or the Cherokee having become great imperial powers if they hadn't had the smackdown put on them, first." Indeed you are right. An interesting historical note: the Cherokees actually began to mimic the plantation culture of the South, even having black slaves to raise tobacco and later cotton. They started copying other "civilized" aspects of life, living in nice houses, developing literacy, etc. Part of the reason they were pushed down the trail of tears was whites were jealous of their success as planters! When they went down the trail of tears, they took their slaves with them, and began creating plantations in Oaklahoma! Even more interesting, was that some factions within the Nation allied themselves to the Confederacy durng the Civil War! Although they were an independant nation, technically, and not all of them supported the confederates, the US government forced them to write a new treaty (they claimed the cherokees violated the earlier one by allying to the South) which outlawed slavery within the Cherokee Nation. [/QUOTE]

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