Why is Indian summer called INDIAN SUMMER??????????????

Question

My daughter asked me this today,And i dont know the answer.Please help me.

Answer 1

The term has been used for well over two centuries. The earliest known use was by French American writer St. John de Crevecoeur in rural New York in 1778. There are several theories as to its etymology:

It may be so named because this was the traditional period where North American First Nations/Native American peoples would harvest their fall crops.
In The Americans, The Colonial Experience, Daniel J. Boorstin speculates that the term originated from raids on European colonies by Indian war parties; these raids usually ended in autumn, hence the extension to summer-like weather was an "Indian" summer. Indeed, two of the three other known uses of the term "Indian summer" in the 18th century are from accounts kept by two Army officers leading retaliation expeditions against Indians for raids on settlers in Ohio and Indiana (1790), and Pennsylvania (1794).[1]
It could be so named because the phenomenon was more common in what were then North American Indian territories, as opposed to the Eastern seaboard.
It may be of Asian Indian, rather than North American Indian, origin. H. E. Ware, an English writer, noted that ships at that time traversing the Indian Ocean loaded up their cargo the most during the "Indian Summer", or fair weather season. Several ships actually had an "I.S." on their hull at the load level thought safe during the Indian Summer.

Answer 2

The term has been used for well over two centuries. The earliest known use was by French American writer St. John de Crevecoeur in rural New York in 1778. There are several theories as to its etymology:

It may be so named because this was the traditional period where North American First Nations/Native American peoples would harvest their fall crops.

Answer 3

It is because it is a warm spell at the first-3rd week of fall and also Indians harvested things at this time.

I looked up a site with further information too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_summer

Answer 4

It comes from the u . s . - before white settlers weren't used to the late 'summer season' climate (warm, dry etc, in assessment to eu autumn), and named it for the damaging interior of sight American Indians.

Answer 5

it gets warm again