Mississippian Indians
The Mississippian Indians were the last and most advanced pre-historic Indians. They organized farming, and hunting, and no longer had to move. They also organized a government system called 'chiefdoms' that was led by a chief. They no longer needed to move because the food was always plentiful, so they built a permanent settlement and they made very well built and well protected society. Their villages soon expanded to many hundred people, and they began building tall, pointed wooden poles that surrounded the whole entire village and protected them from human and animal invaders. To add to the security of their home, they also dug large moats that connected to the river most Mississippian villages were around to keep away enemies. Since they didn't have to worry about survival as much as their ancestors did, they began making their life a lot more decorative and pretty. They made great pottery that was better than the Archaic for many reasons. Their pottery was decorated and well built in structure. They were able to hold seeds that were very important to their agricultural life. To the Mississippian Indians, agriculture was what they mostly lived off of. They grew many vegetables there like: squash, corn, beans, and more. Although they also hunted small game, berries, and nuts, without agriculture, they would not have been so successful with their amazing and high-tech work. Another great invention was that, they were nicknamed "Great Mound Builders" due to their great mounds that they built for ceremonial and burial rituals. These great mounds still stand today. Their existence ended when the Europeans invaded and took all their gold and precious items. Most of the Mississippian Indians either died from warfare with the Europeans, or from the diseases that the Europeans brought that the Indians weren't immune to.