Category Archives: Tuscarora

Tuscarora Names Extracted

One of our blog followers has extracted the names of a number of Tuscarora for thier own use and has submitted the list for our blog readers.  A big hat tip to our benefactor.  In my Native Names project, I am only including names that … Continue reading

Posted in Tuscarora | Leave a comment

Panics

Why were the Europeans so intent upon “civilizing” the Native people, which is a politically correct word for destroying their existing cultures and way of life? One answer lies in the fact that they feared the Indians.  Beginning in 1622 … Continue reading

Posted in History, Jamestown, Powhatan, Tuscarora | Leave a comment

Fort Branch on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation

This article, written by Roberta Estes and Baylus Brooks, was first published in the Lost Colony Research Group Newsletter in July, 2012. “Are you up for a challenge?”, I asked Baylus.  “Actually, this might not be much of a  challenge … Continue reading

Posted in Tuscarora | Leave a comment

Blunt – An Indian Interpreter

The Jamestown project, which documents the history of Jamestown and surrounding area for the first hundreds years, holds some very interesting information.  On July the 4th, 1693, in the Acts of Assembly, we find that Thomas Blunt and the Nottoway and … Continue reading

Posted in Nottoway, Tuscarora, Weyanoke | Leave a comment

The Chowan Indians by Fletcher Freeman

A 1585 Map of Virginia drawn by Theodore de Bry designates several Indian tribes, one of which is the CHAWANOK. They are shown with at least five towns, being Chaunoock, Rannoushowog, Movatan, Metocuuem,and Tanduomuc. Also reflected are the SECOTAN and … Continue reading

Posted in Appomattox, Chowan, Meherrin, Nottoway, Powhatan, Secotan, Tuscarora, Weapemeoc, Weyanoke, Yawpim | 12 Comments

The Legend of Cucklemaker, an Indian Chief

In the Bertie County, NC Heritage (1722-2010) book, I found a nice summary of a story that floats around the internet in pieces.  I can’t vouch for accuracy, but I surely thought you might enjoy the story.  It was submitted … Continue reading

Posted in History, Tuscarora | 25 Comments

A Report on Research of Lumbee Origins by Robert K. Thomas – Part 12 – Traditional Lumbee History – The Saponi

A continuation of Robert K. Thomas’s Report of Research on Lumbee Origins.  This was transcribed from a photocopy of an original report at the Wilson Library, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC in June of 2012.   Any comments I have will be made at … Continue reading

Posted in Catawba, Cayuga, Cheraw, Lumbee, Meherrin, Munsee, Ocaneechi, Saponi, Tuscarora, Tutelo | 11 Comments

A Report of Research on Lumbee Origins by Robert K. Thomas – Part 4 – Tuscarora Theory

A continuation of Robert K. Thomas’s Report of Research on Lumbee Origins.  This was transcribed from a photocopy of an original report at the Wilson Library, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC in June of 2012.   Any comments I have will be … Continue reading

Posted in Cherokee, Haliwa, Lumbee, Tuscarora | 1 Comment

What’s in a Name? – The Tuscarora in Transition

As we know, most of the Tuscarora tribe went north to join the Iroquois Confederation, the last of them leaving Bertie County, North Carolina in 1804 in an exodus that took almost a century to complete.  At the close of the Tuscarora … Continue reading

Posted in Tuscarora | 13 Comments

Tuscarora Populations

“Their true names, their true numbers only written now in God’s own hand……” Editor’s Commentary This document, originally published in the Lost Colony Research Group Newsletter, is the combined effort of many people.  The compilers, to whom we are very grateful, … Continue reading

Posted in Tuscarora | 9 Comments