Conclusion
With that being said, we hold their origin and their history stories close. These tales tell of a time where things weren’t as dire as they used to be before interactions with traders from Europe. Although America was beginning to form around them, they tried to hold onto their sacred lands, while wading through an evolving social and political system. These stories are their culture, their stories tell how resilient they were. Indeed, even Lewis & Clark would be impressed with the way that the Cheyenne had carried themselves, and the way the used horses to dominate commerce in their region. These changes didn’t happen overnight, rather collectively over a span of generations and decades. As the times changed, so did the Mohawk and Cheyenne way of life. And with that, there is always a winner and a loser. Despite the implementation of horses, furs, hunting tools and firearms the Native Americans would be no match for what was ahead when the fur trade dwindled, and when they would lose control of the land they once roamed freely upon.