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2011 Event - At the Zekiah Swamp in Charles County, Maryland, archeologists believe they found a fort from 1680 built to protect the 'friendly' Piscataway Indians 1997 Event - World Series: Florida Marlins beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3 1997 Event - 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 Event - 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians) 1997 Event - Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 2 in ALCS 1997 Event - Yankees Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yankees beat Indians 8-6) 1997 Event - Indians trade Lofton and Embree to Braves for Grissom and Justice 1996 Event - Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 inn playoff game 1996 Event - Karl Krikken out handled the ball for Derbyshire vs. Indians 1995 Event - Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians in 6 games in World Series 1995 Event - Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team 1995 Event - Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27 games) 1995 Event - Dennis Martinez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win 1995 Event - Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day" 1995 Event - Browns and Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleveland for only time, Browns 22-6 over Tampa, Indians 5-3 over Orioles 1995 Event - Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title 1995 Event - Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves 1995 Event - Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 38th consecutive save 1995 Event - Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 37th consecutive save 1995 Event - 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 Event - Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians vs. Kent 1995 Event - Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits 1995 Event - Indians' Dennis Martinez no-hits Baltimore 11-0 1995 Event - Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th) 1995 Event - Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0 1995 Event - Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes 1995 Event - David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus and Buddy) 1994 Event - Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yankees 11-6 1994 Event - Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field 1994 Event - Indians loses 1st game at Jacobs Field, Kansas City wins 2-1 1994 Event - 1st night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Indians 6 Seattle 2 1994 Event - 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out 1994 Event - 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn 1994 Event - 1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4 1994 Event - Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated 1994 Event - Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) 1994 Event - It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark 1994 Event - Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleveland Indians' park (Jacobs Field) 1994 Event - Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23) 1994 Event - 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 Event - Battles between army and rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57 1993 Death - Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29 1993 Event - Indians play their last game at Cleveland Stadium, Chicago wins 4-0 1993 Event - Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4 1993 Event - Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium 1993 Event - Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings 1993 Event - Nolan Ryan, 324th and final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1 1993 Event - Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit 1993 Event - Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale 1993 Event - Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run 1993 Event - Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit home runs in same inn (vs Yankees) 1993 Event - 73,293 see Yankees beat Indians 9-1 1993 Death - Steve Olin, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, drowns at 27 1993 Death - Tim Crews, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, drowns at 31 1992 Event - Cleveland Indians turn a triple play 1992 Event - Indians set team record for long game lose to Red Sox (19 inn - 6 hours) 1992 Event - 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0 1991 Death - Ken Keltner, U.S. baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at 75 1991 Event - John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians 1991 Event - Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleveland Indians 1991 Event - Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9) 1990 Event - Indians agree to a lease new ballpark in Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1990 Event - Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game 1988 Event - Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3) 1986 Event - Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees 1986 Event - Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleveland Indians 1984 Event - Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10 1984 Event - Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn) 1984 Event - Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings 1982 Event - Mudassar Nazar scores century, then Imran rips through Indians 1982 Event - Yankees bat out of order against Indians in 1st inning 1982 Event - Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians 1980 Event - 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0 1978 Event - Yankees lose 9-2 to Indians forcing a playoff game with Red Sox 1978 Event - Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples (vs Yankees) 1977 Event - Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night" 1977 Event - Indians fire manager Frank Robinson and replace him with Jeff Torborg 1977 Event - Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17) 1976 Death - Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85 1974 Event - Frank Robinson becomes baseball's 1st black manager with the Cleveland Indians 1974 Event - 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 Event - Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline and Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow and Upshaw 1974 Event - Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1 1973 Event - Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses 1973 Event - Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26) 1973 Event - Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game complete 5/28) 1973 Birthday - Julian Tavarez, Santiago, Dominican Republic, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1973 Event - Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender 1973 Event - 45th Academy Awards - "Godfather," Marlon Brando and Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians 1972 Event - Yankees trade Ellis, Torres and Spikes to Indians for Nettles and Moses 1972 Event - Indians set a team record for lowest team batting avg .234 1972 Event - Padres draft Dave Roberts #1, Indians draft Rick Manning #2 1972 Birthday - Manny Ramirez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, outfielder, Cleveland Indians 1972 Event - Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for $9 million 1971 Event - Cleveland Indians and Washington Senators, play 20 innings 1971 Event - Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf 1970 Birthday - Chad Ogea, Lake Charles, Louisiana, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1970 Birthday - Paul Shuey, born in Lima, Ohio, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1970 Birthday - Jim Thome, Peoria, Illinois, infielder, Cleveland Indians 1970 Birthday - Alan Embree, Vancouver, Washington, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1969 Birthday - Jeromy Burnitz, born in Westminster, California, outfielder, Cleveland Indians 1968 Birthday - Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rico, infielder, Cleveland Indians 1968 Event - Arthur Kopit's "Indians," premieres in London 1967 Birthday - Kenny Lofton, E Chicago Indiana, outfielder, Cleveland Indians 1967 Birthday - Omar Vizquel, Caracas Venezuela, shortstop, Seattle Mariners, Indians 1967 Birthday - Charles Nagy, Fairfield, Connecticut, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1967 Birthday - Marquis Grisom, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians 1966 Birthday - Albert Belle, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, outfielder, Indians, White Sox 1966 Event - Indians set club record by hitting 7 home run in 15-2 win over Detroit 1966 Birthday - Sandy Alomar, born in Salinas, Puerto Rico, catcher, Cleveland Indians 1966 Birthday - Jose Mesa, Azua, Dominican Republic, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1966 Birthday - Jim Poole, born in Rochester, New York, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1966 Birthday - Derek Lilliquist, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cleveland Indians, Atl Braves 1966 Birthday - Jack McDowell, Van Nuys California, pitcher, New York Yankees, White Sox, Indians 1965 Event - Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 1965 Birthday - Beau Allred, born in Mesa, Arizona, Dale Le Beau Allred, baseball player, outfielder, played for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team for three seasons from 1989 - 1991 1965 Birthday - Ruben Amaro, U.S. baseball outfielder, Cleveland Indians 1965 Birthday - Greg Swindell, Fort Worth, Texas, pitcher, Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians 1964 Event - Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland and Dallas 1964 Birthday - Wayne Kirby, born in Williamsburg, Virginia, outfielder, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers 1963 Birthday - Eric Plunk, born in Wilmington, California, pitcher, Oakland A's, New York Yankees, Indians 1963 Event - Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels) 1962 Event - Indians and Angels set AL record of 40 strikeouts in a doubleheader 1962 Event - Larry Doby, retires from Cleveland Indians to play in Japan 1961 Birthday - Julio Franco, Sp de Macrois, Dominican Republic, infielder, Cleveland Indians 1960 Birthday - Paul Assenmacher, born in Detroit, Michigan, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1960 Event - Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn 1960 Event - Ford Frick voids Indians - Red Sox deal as Sam White retires 1958 Event - Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay 1958 Birthday - Orel Hershiser, born in Buffalo, New York, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians 1958 Event - Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2 1957 Birthday - Tom Candiotti, born in Walnut Creek, California, pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, also played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angelese Dodgers, and the Oakland Athletics 1957 Birthday - Tony Pena, born in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic, catcher, Cleveland Indians 1957 Event - Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald 1957 Event - Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score 1956 Event - Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4 1956 Event - Indians' Jim Busby hits 2nd grand slam in two days in a 4-2 win vs. the Kansas City A's 1956 Event - Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings 1956 Birthday - Eddie Murray, born in Los Angeles, California, 1st baseman, Orioles, Dodgers, Cleveland Indians 1955 Birthday - [Jose] Dennis Martinez, Nicaragua, pitcher, Orioles, Expos, Indians 1954 Event - New York Giants sweep Cleveland Indians, in 51st World Series 1954 Event - Indians win AL record 111 games 1954 Event - Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beat Tigers (3-2) 1954 Event - Indians sweep Yankees at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563) 1954 Event - Indians becomes 1st Cleveland team to win 100 games in a season 1954 Event - Indians beat Yankees 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A's) 1953 Event - Indians 3rd baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named AL's MVP 1953 Event - Yankees clinch 5th straight pennant with 8-5 win over Indians 1953 Event - Yankees sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight 1953 Event - Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts) 1952 Event - Ellis W Ryan resigns as Cleveland Indians president 1952 Birthday - Rick Waits, baseball pitcher, Rangers, Indians, Twins 1952 Event - Bob Cain of Browns and Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter 1951 Event - Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game 1951 Event - New York Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleveland Indians, 8-0 1950 Event - Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner 1950 Birthday - Jorge Orta, born in Mazatlan, Mexico, professional baseball player, played second baseman, third baseman, outfield, played for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays 1950 Event - After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau 1950 Event - Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium 1950 Event - Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4 1950 Event - Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yankees beat Indians 8-2 1950 Event - Cleveland Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2 1950 Event - Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion 1949 Event - Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million 1949 Event - 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland 1949 Event - 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 Event - Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day" 1948 Event - Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2 in 45th World Series 1948 Event - Indians beat Red Sox, 8-0, in 1st AL playoff game 1948 Event - Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson 1948 Event - Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game 1948 Event - Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6) 1948 Event - Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige at 42 1948 Event - Hank Greenberg buys an interest in the Cleveland Indians 1948 Event - Cleveland Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4) 1947 Event - Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 vs. Indians at the SCG 1947 Event - Bradman scores 156 for SA vs. the Indians, 152 minutes, 22 fours 1947 Event - Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL 1947 Event - Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stad 1946 Event - Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck's right foot is amputated 1946 Event - Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay 1946 Event - Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins 1946 Event - Bill Veeck purchases the Cleveland Indians for $2.2 million 1946 Event - Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians vs. Surrey 1944 Birthday - Graig Nettles, 3rd baseman, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians 1943 Event - Indians score 12 runs in 4th inning and beat Yankees 12-0 1941 Event - Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager 1941 Birthday - Ken Berry, baseball player, White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians 1940 Event - 1st night game at St. Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2) 1939 Event - Indians Bob Feller, 20, is youngest pitcher to win 20 games 1939 Event - 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) 1939 Event - 1st AL night game, Philadelphia Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10) 1938 Event - Yankees Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples 1937 Event - Indians overturn Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest 1936 Event - Yankees sweep Indians, New York clinches pennant on earliest date in history 1936 Event - Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief 1935 Event - Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleveland Indians, 5-0 1935 Event - White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Indians 5-0 1933 Birthday - Rocky Colavito, Cleveland Indians, baseball player, Hit 4 home runs in a game 1933 Birthday - Herb Score, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1932 Event - Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Philadelphia A's beat Indians 1-0 1932 Event - 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 Event - Yankees turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to Indians 1929 Birthday - Jimmy Piersall, baseball player, Red Sox, Senators, Indians 1929 Event - Indians, in 9th with 2 outs score 9 to beat Yankees 14-6 1928 Event - Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game 1926 Event - Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager 1926 Event - Indians triple-play Yankees and win 15-3 1925 Birthday - Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner, Cleveland Indians 1924 Birthday - Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL, Cleveland Indians 1924 Birthday - Ezra Laderman, born in New York City, composer, Jacob and the Indians 1924 Event - Snyder Act: U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians 1923 Event - Carl Mays gave up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians 1923 Event - Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning 1923 Birthday - Samuel Selvon, born in Trinidad, author, writer-in-residence, University of Calgary, Canada, wrote 'The Lonely Londoners', focusing on West Indians' immigration to Britain, cultural differences 1921 Event - Yankees beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds 1921 Event - Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7 1921 Event - Indians (9) and Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles 1921 Event - Indians (9) and Yankees (7) combine for an AL record 16 doubles 1920 Event - Cleveland Indians beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series 1920 Event - Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam 1920 Event - 1st World Series game in Cleveland, Indians win 2-1 1920 Birthday - Bob Lemon, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, manager, New York Yankees, 1978 1920 Event - In memory of Ray Chapman (died Aug 16), Yankees cancel game with Indians 1920 Event - Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yankees' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality 1918 Birthday - Bob Feller, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, 3 no-hitters 1918 Event - Indians' Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19) 1917 Event - Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game 1916 Event - 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians 1916 Event - Indians Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam 1916 Event - Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game) 1916 Event - Yankees score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3 1915 Event - Washington Nationals steal record 8 bases vs. Cleveland Indians in the 1st inning 1914 Event - Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1 1912 Event - Washington Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 in 6 innings 1912 Event - St. Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America" 1912 Event - Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5 1910 Event - Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 1910 Event - Cleveland Indians Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0 1903 Event - Cleveland Indians beat New York Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio 1901 Event - Indians score 9 runs after 2 outs in 9th to beat Senators 14-13 1897 Event - Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official) 1890 Event - Around 11M acres, ceded to U.S. by Sioux Indians opens for settlement 1887 Event - Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) 1885 Event - Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government) 1884 Birthday - Edward Sapir, Germany, linguist/antropologist, indians 1879 Event - Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins 1877 Death - Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle 1877 Event - Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians 1876 Event - U.S. law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find 1875 Death - Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos and indians), dies 1875 Event - Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft. Sill 1873 Death - Kintpuash, Captain Jack, fought Modoc indians, Oregon, dies 1873 Event - President Grant decrees Wallowa Valley for Nez-Perce indians 1871 Event - Indians fighter General Sherman escapes in ambulance vs Comanches 1864 Event - Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians 1863 Event - Battle at Bear River, Washington: U.S. Army vs indians 1862 Event - 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minn, due to their uprising 1862 Death - 38 Santee Sioux indians, hanged in Mankato 1862 Event - President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians 1862 Event - Sioux Indians begin uprising in Minnesota 1861 Event - Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians 1861 Event - Navaho indians elect Herrero Grande as chief 1861 Event - Col Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians 1860 Event - Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby) 1856 Event - Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians 1851 Event - Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians and U.S. 1847 Event - Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore 1847 Event - 1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by U.S. Col Price 1844 Event - 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win 1842 Event - Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma 1842 Event - Indians land in Ohio, a 12 mile area in Upper Sandusky 1838 Death - Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail 1837 Event - Battle of Okeechobee-U.S. forces defeat Seminole Indians 1837 Event - Treaty with Winnebago Indians 1835 Event - Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago 1834 Event - Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell 1833 Death - William Rush, Indians sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies 1832 Event - 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac and Fox indians, end Black Hawk War 1832 Event - Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisconsin 1818 Event - U.S. and Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty 1818 Event - General Andrew Jackson conquers St. Marks Florida from Seminole indians 1816 Event - U.S. troops destroy Ft. Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves 1804 Event - Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana 1794 Event - General Mad Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at Fallen Timbers Ohio 1791 Event - Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair/killed 637 soldiers 1782 Event - Gnadenhutten Massacre - Ohio militia kills 90 indians 1778 Event - Iroquois Indians in New York kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre 1778 Event - British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution 1760 Event - Ft. Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians 1757 Event - English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops 1757 Event - Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal 1756 Event - Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia indians 1754 Event - Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies and Iroquois indians 1754 Event - George Washington defeats French and indians at Ft. Duquesne near Pittsburgh 1745 Event - French troops attack indians of Saratoga, New York 1736 Event - Battle of Ackia (La), British and Chickasaw Indians defeat French 1725 Event - 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for bounty 1708 Event - Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French and Indians 1704 Event - French and Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100 1704 Event - Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 40, kidnap 100 1683 Event - William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken" 1680 Event - Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fe from Spanish 1676 Event - 1st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England 1676 Event - Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians 1676 Event - Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians 1676 Event - Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass 1675 Event - New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians 1675 Event - Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom 1646 Event - 1st Protestant church assembly for indians (Massachusetts) 1645 Event - Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY)) 1637 Event - 1st battle of Pequot at New Haven, Connecticut kills 500 indians 1636 Death - John Oldham, trader in Massachusetts, murdered by indians 1630 Event - New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island 1630 Event - Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving 1626 Event - Peter Minuet buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24 1626 Event - Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons 1604 Birthday - John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized 1547 Death - Hernan Cortes, Spanish general defeated Aztec Indians 1504 Event - Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians 1503 Event - Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against indians 1492 Event - Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba |
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