Indian Wars In North Carolina

Discusses various Native American tribes, including the Cherokee, Catawba, and Tuscarora, that inhabited colonial North Carolina. Separate chapters are devoted to early Indian wars 1711), the Tuscarora War (1711-1715), the Yamassee and Cheraw Wars (1715-1718), the French and Indian War (1756-1763), and the Cherokee War (1759-1761).

This study covers the history of conflicts between European settlers and Native American tribes which inhabited the territory of North Carolina. This history book provides information on the land of the Indians, the tribes, and wars fought between the local tribes and pilgrims of French and English descent for the period of one century. Contents: The Land of the Indians The Indians of North Carolina Early Indian Wars 1663‐1711 The Tuscarora War; The Barnwell Expedition 1711‐1712 The Tuscarora War; The Moore Expedition 1712‐1715 The Yamassee and Cheraw Wars 1715‐1718 The Decline of the Coastal Plain Indians 1718‐1750 The Catawba Indians of the Piedmont Plateau The Cherokee Indians of the Western Mountains The French and Indian War The Cherokee War; the Beginning The Cherokee War; the End The End of a Century

At dawn on September 22, 1711, more than 500 Tuscarora, Core, Neuse, Pamlico, Weetock, Machapunga, and Bear River Indian warriors swept down on the unsuspecting European settlers living along the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers of North Carolina. Over the following days, they destroyed hundreds of farms, killed at least 140 men, women, and children, and took about 40 captives. So began the Tuscarora War, North Carolina's bloodiest colonial war and surely one of its most brutal. In his gripping account, David La Vere examines the war through the lens of key players in the conflict, reveals the events that led to it, and traces its far-reaching consequences. La Vere details the innovative fortifications produced by the Tuscaroras, chronicles the colony's new practice of enslaving all captives and selling them out of country, and shows how both sides drew support from forces far outside the colony's borders. In these ways and others, La Vere concludes, this merciless war pointed a new direction in the development of the future state of North Carolina.

This book has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This study covers the history of conflicts between European settlers and Native American tribes which inhabited the territory of North Carolina. This history book provides information on the land of the Indians, the tribes, and wars fought between the local tribes and pilgrims of French and English descent for the period of one century. Contents: - The Land of the Indians - The Indians of North Carolina - Early Indian Wars 1663-1711 - The Tuscarora War; The Barnwell Expedition 1711-1712 - The Tuscarora War; The Moore Expedition 1712-1715 - The Yamassee and Cheraw Wars 1715-1718 - The Decline of the Coastal Plain Indians 1718-1750 - The Catawba Indians of the Piedmont Plateau - The Cherokee Indians of the Western Mountains - The French and Indian War - The Cherokee War; the Beginning - The Cherokee War; the End - The End of a Century

For eight decades, an epic power struggle raged across a frontier that would become Maine. Between 1675 and 1759, British, French, and Native Americans soldiers clashed in six distinct wars to claim the land that became the Pine Tree State. Though the showdown between France and Great Britain was international in scale, the decidedly local conflicts in Maine pitted European settlers against Native American tribes. Native and European communities from the Penobscot to the Piscataqua Rivers suffered brutal attacks. Countless men, women and children were killed, taken captive or sold into servitude. The native people of Maine were torn asunder by disease, social disintegration and political factionalism as they fought to maintain their autonomy in the face of unrelenting European pressure. This is the dark, tragic and largely forgotten struggle that laid the foundation of Maine.

Tuscarora War: Indians, Settlers, and the Fight for the Carolina Colonies