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Of Fortification and Fire: The Tuscarora Response to the Barnwell and Moore Expeditions during North Carolina’s Tuscarora War, 1712 and 1713
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41243
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The author explores explanations for Barnwell’s failure and Moore’s success. La Vere partly attributes it to the pine used to construct forts. Of the two, Moore was able to more effectively exploit the use of wood vulnerable to fire. As for Barnwell, insufficient provisions for his troops and fractious relations with Colonial government leaders also contributed to his lack of victory.
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Tuscarora Alliance; Town Creek Indian Mound; Mount Gilead--History; Graffenried, Christoph von, Baron, 1661-1743; Algonquian Indians--North Carolina; Pine trees--Long leaf; Moore, Col. James, Jr. 1682-1724; Tuscarora Indian War, 1711-1713--Col. James Moore, Jr. ; Tuscarora Indian War, 1711-1713--Col. John Barnwell; Tuscarora Indians--King Hancock