The Cherokee Indians first lived in Tennessee. The name Indian first came from Christopher Columbus, who thought that America was part of the Indies, Asia. The first person to come across Indians was Hernando de Soto, in 1540.
In wintertime the Indian men wore long sleeved shirts, loose -fitting leggings, and moosehide moccasins. Women wore skin dresses tied at the waist and long, fitted leggings.
Indians would hunt deer, elk, moose and buffalo. They would also eat rabbits, raccoons and birds. The women would sometimes make a stew with the meat. They also ate berries, nuts, fruit and beans and corn.
Indian houses were made of stone, wood, skins, twigs and mud. There were wigwams; tipis, earth and grass covere
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