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The Hopewells: First Settlers in the Mississippi Valley

Learn about The Hopewells, the Mound Builders, and early European influences on the Mississippi River. Discover the history, legends, and impact of native tribes and explorers in the region.

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The Hopewells: First Settlers in the Mississippi Valley

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  1. What’s In a Name?

  2. THE HOPEWELLS • First Native American group to settle in area • Lived from 500 B.C. to 400 A.D. • Known for their manmade earthen structures; MOUNDS 1. 2. 3. • Known as the Mound Builders

  3. European Influence • Hernando De Soto •Discovers Mississippi River for Europeans (1541) •Names it “El Rio de Esipirtu Sancto”-The River of the Holy Spirit • Louis Jolliet & Father Jacques Marquette•travel from French Canada down Mississippi •stopped somewhere in Arkansas • Piasa Legend • Robert Cavelier Suier De La Salle & Henri De Tonty •1682, explored the Mississippi River from Canada and travelled to Gulf of Mexico•claimed Missisippi for French

  4. The Sioux • The Sioux named many of the geographical landmarks we know today • Ne-tongo Big River (Mississippi) • Ne- Shodse Muddy River (Missouri) • Ne- Osho Main River • Ne- Ska White River • Ne- Braska Flat River

  5. The Algonquin • We use the Algonquin language and Algonquin names • Missi Sipi Big River • Missi Souri Big Boat (Missouri) • Mer Mac Ugly Fish (Meremac) • Misi Gan Big Lake • Chicago story

  6. Catholic Missions turned cities • Cahokia -1699: Catholic mission for Native Americans • Kaskaskia -1703: Catholic mission for Native Americans • Other famous missions: St. Genevieve (oldest Missouri city-1732), Prairie de Rocher • Treaty of Paris -ended French & Indian War -gave all land east of Mississppi to English -gave all land west of Mississipi to French

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