thanks
It was the map that was my real motivation after I found out there had been a region that the Comanche dominated that is referred to as "Comancheria."
It turns out I erred in using some names for the tribes, by which they never would have been labeled, if the Europeans had remained on the fringe. It's somewhat ironic I went to the trouble to find the actual Iriquois word for Turtle Island but didn't think of getting their actual name for themselves.
It also turns out that the POD I came up with to make such a map possible, (ie Native nations that had time to incorporate what they wanted from European culture without becoming dominated by it,) don't pass the scrutiny of more informed alt historians.
My map of Iroquois territory and my idea of them being aggressive wasn't invented by me; I got both by reading about them. I figured that the Five Civilized Nations of the SE would have become more aggressive if it was possible for them to really be sovereign over themselves and that the Cherokee would dominate except over the Chocksaw who'd be just too far away, especially if the Iroquois were threatening from the north.
If anyone can come up with better POD to explain a map like this of North American (with proper names for the tribes) I'd love to hear them. Maybe it's totally impossible and the map oughta be in ASB. Oh well.
That is a really nice map though.
It was the map that was my real motivation after I found out there had been a region that the Comanche dominated that is referred to as "Comancheria."
It turns out I erred in using some names for the tribes, by which they never would have been labeled, if the Europeans had remained on the fringe. It's somewhat ironic I went to the trouble to find the actual Iriquois word for Turtle Island but didn't think of getting their actual name for themselves.
It also turns out that the POD I came up with to make such a map possible, (ie Native nations that had time to incorporate what they wanted from European culture without becoming dominated by it,) don't pass the scrutiny of more informed alt historians.
My map of Iroquois territory and my idea of them being aggressive wasn't invented by me; I got both by reading about them. I figured that the Five Civilized Nations of the SE would have become more aggressive if it was possible for them to really be sovereign over themselves and that the Cherokee would dominate except over the Chocksaw who'd be just too far away, especially if the Iroquois were threatening from the north.
If anyone can come up with better POD to explain a map like this of North American (with proper names for the tribes) I'd love to hear them. Maybe it's totally impossible and the map oughta be in ASB. Oh well.