ons from Scotland, Ireland, and Wales set out for North America in the 18th century seeking asylum from political and religious oppression. Nearly 300,000 Scottish, Irish, and Welsh had arrived on the continent by the time of the American Revolution. Many found woodlands, fruitful soil, and rivers in homelands of the Chickasaw, Muscogee, Choctaw, Cherokee, and Seminole Nations of the Southeast. As Celtic immigrants began to marry into the tribes, they were
