Category Archives: Machapunga

Frank Speck’s Remnants of the Machapunga Indians

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

Frank Speck, an anthropologist, visited Eastern North Carolina in 1916, hoping to discover some cultural remnant of the Indian tribes that once inhabited the entire coastal area.  He was to be disappointed.  He found no remnants of languages and little … Continue reading →

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Cape Fear, Machapunga, Coree, Tuscarora and Mattamuskeet Indians

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

James Sprunt, born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1846, was an entrepreneurial cotton merchant, author, philanthropist and a major figure in Wilmington, North Carolina from the time of the Civil War until his death in 1924.  Active in the N.C. Literary … Continue reading →

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