Record #:

36122

Author(s):

Mellevold, Audrey

Abstract:

In North Carolina, the Tuscarora was one of the six Indian groups whose arrival preceded Europeans by many centuries. The 1713 battle in New Bern yielding the massacre of nine hundred, and knelled their way of life. As for who initiated this battle, it is certain. Was it Europeans wanting the land? Was it other Indian groups wanting to destroy them?

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1988, p11-15

Subject(s):

Tuscarora Indians--North Carolina; Tuscarora Indians, Eastern--Wars, 1711-1713; Indians of North Carolina--History; Indians of North Carolina--Antiquities