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1997 World Series: Florida Marlins beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3

1997 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins and Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11

1997 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)

1997 Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 2 in ALCS

1997 Yanks Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Indians 8-6)

1997 Indians trade Lofton and Embree to Braves for Grissom and Justice

1996 Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 inn playoff game

1996 Karl Krikken out handled the ball for Derbyshire vs. Indians

1995 Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians in 6 games in World Series

1995 Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team

1995 Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27 games)

1995 Dennis Martinez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win

1995 Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day"

1995 Browns and Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleveland for only time, Browns 22-6 over Tampa, Indians 5-3 over Orioles

1995 Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title

1995 Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves

1995 Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 38th consecutive save

1995 Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 37th consecutive save

1995 Indians and Browns play in Cleveland on same day for 1st time ever both lose - Chicago 5, Indians 1; Giants 19, Browns 13 (exhibition)

1995 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians vs. Kent

1995 Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits

1995 Indians' Dennis Martinez no-hits Balt 11-0

1995 Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)

1995 Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0

1995 Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes

1995 David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus and Buddy)

1994 Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6

1994 Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field

1994 Indians loses 1st game at Jacobs Field, Kansas City wins 2-1

1994 1st night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Indians 6 Seattle 2

1994 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out

1994 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn

1994 1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4

1994 Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated

1994 Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field)

1994 It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark

1994 Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleveland Indians' park (Jacobs Field)

1994 Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23)

1994 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field

1994 Battles between army and rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57

1993 Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29

1993 Indians play their last game at Cleveland Stadium, Chicago wins 4-0

1993 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4

1993 Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium

1993 Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings

1993 Nolan Ryan, 324th and final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1

1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit

1993 Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale

1993 Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run

1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit home runs in same inn (vs Yanks)

1993 73,293 see Yankees beat Indians 9-1

1993 Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 27

1993 Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 31

1992 Cleveland Indians turn a triple play

1992 Indians set team record for long game lose to Red Sox (19 inn - 6 hr)

1992 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0

1991 Ken Keltner, U.S. baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at 75

1991 John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians

1991 Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleveland Indians

1991 Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9)

1990 Indians agree to a lease new ballpark in Gateway (Jacobs Field)

1990 Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game

1988 Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3)

1986 Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a HR on 1st major league pitch he sees

1986 Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleveland Indians

1984 Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10

1984 Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn)

1984 Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings

1982 Mudassar Nazar scores century, then Imran rips through Indians

1982 Yankees bat out of order against Indians in 1st inning

1982 Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians

1980 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0

1978 Yanks lose 9-2 to Indians forcing a playoff game with Red Sox

1978 Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples (vs Yanks)

1977 Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"

1977 Indians fire manager Frank Robinson and replace him with Jeff Torborg

1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17)

1976 Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85

1974 Frank Robinson became 1st Black baseball manager (Cleve Indians)

1974 Frank Robinson becomes baseball's 1st black manager (Cleve Indians)

1974 10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th

1974 Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline and Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow and Upshaw

1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1

1973 Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses

1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26)

1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game complete 5/28)

1973 Julian Tavarez, Santiago, Dominican Republic, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1973 Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender

1973 45th Academy Awards - "Godfather," Marlon Brando and Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians

1972 Yanks trade Ellis, Torres and Spikes to Indians for Nettles and Moses

1972 Indians set a team record for lowest team batting avg .234

1972 Padres draft Dave Roberts #1, Indians draft Rick Manning #2

1972 Manny Ramirez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, outfielder, Cleveland Indians

1972 Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for $9 million

1971 Cleveland Indians and Washington Senators, play 20 innings

1971 Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf

1970 Chad Ogea, Lake Charles, Louisiana, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1970 Paul Shuey, born in Lima, Ohio, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1970 Jim Thome, Peoria, Illinois, infielder, Cleveland Indians

1970 Alan Embree, Vancouver, Washington, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1969 Jeromy Burnitz, born in Westminster, California, outfielder, Cleveland Indians

1968 Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rico, infielder, Cleveland Indians

1968 Arthur Kopit's "Indians," premieres in London

1967 Kenny Lofton, E Chicago Indiana, outfielder, Cleveland Indians

1967 Omar Vizquel, Caracas Venezuela, shortstop, Seattle Mariners, Indians

1967 Charles Nagy, Fairfield, Connecticut, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1967 Marquis Grisom, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians

1966 Albert Belle, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, outfielder, Indians, White Sox

1966 Indians set club record by hitting 7 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit

1966 Sandy Alomar, born in Salinas, Puerto Rico, catcher, Cleveland Indians

1966 Jose Mesa, Azua, Dominican Republic, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1966 Jim Poole, born in Rochester, New York, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1966 Derek Lilliquist, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cleveland Indians, Atl Braves

1966 Jack McDowell, Van Nuys California, pitcher, New York Yankees, White Sox, Indians

1965 Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0

1965 Ruben Amaro, U.S. baseball outfielder, Cleveland Indians

1965 Greg Swindell, Fort Worth, Texas, pitcher, Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians

1964 Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland and Dallas

1964 Wayne Kirby, Williamsburg, Virginia, outfielder, Cleve Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers

1963 Eric Plunk, born in Wilmington, California, pitcher, Oakland A's, New York Yankees, Indians

1963 Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels)

1962 Indians and Angels set AL record of 40 strikeouts in a doubleheader

1962 Larry Doby, retires from Cleveland Indians to play in Japan

1961 Julio Franco, Sp de Macrois, Dominican Republic, infielder, Cleveland Indians

1960 Paul Assenmacher, born in Detroit, Michigan, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1960 Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn

1958 Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay

1958 Orel Hershiser, born in Buffalo, New York, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians

1958 Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2

1957 Tony Pena, born in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic, catcher, Cleveland Indians

1957 Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald

1957 Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score

1956 Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4

1956 Indians' Jim Busby hits a grand slam in two consecutive at bats

1956 Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings

1956 Eddie Murray, born in Los Angeles, California, 1st baseman, Orioles, Dodgers, Cleveland Indians

1955 [Jose] Dennis Martinez, Nicaragua, pitcher, Orioles, Expos, Indians

1954 New York Giants sweep Cleveland Indians, in 51st World Series

1954 Indians win AL record 111 games

1954 Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beat Tigers (3-2)

1954 Indians sweep Yanks at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563)

1954 Indians becomes 1st Cleveland team to win 100 games in a season

1954 Indians beat Yanks 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A's)

1953 Indians 3rd baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named AL's MVP

1953 Yanks clinch 5th straight pennant with 8-5 win over Indians

1953 Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight

1953 Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts)

1952 Ellis W Ryan resigns as Cleveland Indians president

1952 Rick Waits, baseball pitcher, Rangers, Indians, Twins

1952 Bob Cain of Browns and Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter

1951 Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game

1951 New York Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleveland Indians, 8-0

1950 Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner

1950 After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau

1950 Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium

1950 Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4

1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2

1950 Cleveland Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2

1950 Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion

1949 Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million

1949 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland

1949 Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days)

1949 Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day"

1948 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2 in 45th World Series

1948 Indians beat Red Sox, 8-0, in 1st AL playoff game

1948 Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson

1948 Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game

1948 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6)

1948 Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige at 42

1948 Hank Greenberg buys an interest in the Cleveland Indians

1948 Cleveland Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4)

1947 Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 vs. Indians at the SCG

1947 Bradman scores 156 for SA vs. the Indians, 152 mins, 22 fours

1947 Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL

1947 Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stad

1946 Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck's right foot is amputated

1946 Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay

1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins

1946 Bill Veeck purchases Cleveland Indians

1946 Bill Veeck buys Indians for $2.2 million

1946 Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians vs. Surrey

1944 Graig Nettles, 3rd baseman, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians

1943 Indians score 12 runs in 4th inning and beat Yankees 12-0

1941 Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager

1941 Ken Berry, baseball player, White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians

1940 1st night game at St. Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)

1939 Indians Bob Feller, 20, is youngest pitcher to win 20 games

1939 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0)

1939 1st AL night game, Philadelphia Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10)

1938 Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples

1937 Indians overturn Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest

1936 Yankees sweep Indians, New York clinches pennant on earliest date in history

1936 Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief

1935 Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleveland Indians, 5-0

1935 White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Indians 5-0

1933 Herb Score, pitcher, Cleveland Indians

1932 Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Philadelphia A's beat Indians 1-0

1932 Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job

1931 Yanks turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to Indians

1929 Jimmy Piersall, baseball player, Red Sox, Senators, Indians

1929 Indians, in 9th with 2 outs score 9 to beat Yanks 14-6

1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yanks 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game

1926 Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager

1926 Indians triple-play Yankees and win 15-3

1925 Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner, Cleveland Indians

1924 Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL, Cleve Indians

1924 Ezra Laderman, born in New York City, composer, Jacob and the Indians

1924 Snyder Act: U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians

1923 Carl Mays gave up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians

1923 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning

1921 Yanks beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds

1921 Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7

1921 Indians (9) and Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles

1921 Indians (9) and Yankees (7) combine for an AL record 16 doubles

1920 Cleveland Indians beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series

1920 Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam

1920 1st World Series game in Cleveland, Indians win 2-1

1920 Bob Lemon, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, /manager, New York Yankees, 1978

1920 In memory of Ray Chapman (died Aug 16), Yanks cancel game with Indians

1920 Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality

1918 Indians' Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19)

1917 Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game

1916 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians

1916 Indians Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam

1916 Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game)

1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3

1915 Washington Nationals steal record 8 bases vs. Cleveland Indians in the 1st inning

1914 Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1

1912 Washington Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 in 6 innings

1912 St. Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America"

1912 Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5

1910 Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0

1910 Cleveland Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0

1903 Cleveland Indians beat New York Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio

1901 Indians score 9 runs after 2 outs in 9th to beat Senators 14-13

1897 Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official)

1890 Around 11M acres, ceded to U.S. by Sioux Indians opens for settlement

1887 Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)

1885 Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed government)

1884 Edward Sapir, Germany, linguist/antropologist, indians

1879 Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins

1877 Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle

1877 Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians

1876 U.S. law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find

1875 Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos and indians), dies

1875 Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft. Sill

1873 Kintpuash, [Captain Jack], fought Modoc indians, Oregon, dies

1873 President Grant decrees Wallowa Valley for Nez-Perce indians

1871 Indians fighter Gen Sherman escapes in ambulance vs Comanches

1864 Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians

1863 Battle at Bear River, Washington: U.S. Army vs indians

1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minn, due to their uprising

1862 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato

1862 President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians

1862 Sioux Indians begin uprising in Minnesota

1861 Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians

1861 Navaho indians elect Herrero Grande as chief

1861 Col Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians

1860 Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby)

1856 Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians

1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians and U.S.

1847 Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore

1847 1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by U.S. Col Price

1844 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win

1842 Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma

1842 Indians land in Ohio, a 12 mile area in Upper Sandusky

1838 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail

1837 Battle of Okeechobee-U.S. forces defeat Seminole Indians

1837 Treaty with Winnebago Indians

1835 Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago

1834 Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell

1833 William Rush, Indians sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies

1832 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac and Fox indians, end Black Hawk War

1832 Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisconsin

1818 U.S. and Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty

1818 Gen Andrew Jackson conquers St. Marks Florida from Seminole indians

1816 U.S. troops destroy Ft. Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves

1811 Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen Jackson vs indians

1804 Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana

1794 Gen Mad Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at Fallen Timbers Ohio

1791 Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair/killed 637 soldiers

1782 Gnadenhutten Massacre - Ohio militia kills 90 indians

1778 Iroquois Indians in New York kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre

1778 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution

1760 Ft. Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians

1757 English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops

1757 Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal

1756 Gov Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia indians

1754 Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies and Iroquois indians

1754 George Washington defeats French and indians at Ft. Duquesne (Pitts)

1745 French troops attack indians of Saratoga, New York

1736 Battle of Ackia (La), British and Chickasaw Indians defeat French

1725 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for bounty

1708 Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French and Indians

1704 French and Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100

1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 40, kidnap 100

1683 William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken"

1680 Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fe from Spanish

1676 1st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England

1676 Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians

1676 Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians

1676 Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass

1675 New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians

1675 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom

1646 1st Protestant church assembly for indians (Massachusetts)

1645 Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY))

1637 1st battle of Pequot at New Haven, Connecticut kills 500 indians

1636 John Oldham, trader in Massachusetts, murdered by indians

1630 New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island

1630 Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving

1626 Peter Minuet buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24

1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons

1604 John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized

1547 Hernan Cortes, Spanish general defeated Aztec Indians

1504 Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians

1503 Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against indians

1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba



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