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Cultures Clash CHERAW WEAPEMEOC SAPONI (P (POTESKEET) Albemarle County ASQUOT European Settlement Pushes (YEOPIM the Tuscarora Nation to the Roanoke ANK) SHAKORI CHOWANOC ) Breaking Point River ENO R. Edenton Yadkin UPPER 1710 Albemarle Sound KEYAUWEE SISSIPAHAW TUSCARORA F r e n c MORATOK (ROANOAK) h Catawba B SECOTAN r o Bath County a d (MACHAPUNGO) R Torhunta CATAWBA Cape Ft. Neoheroka Bath i V v V V V Ft. Hancock e 1690 r R. Fear CHEROKEE Catechna Pamlico R. R. d (HATTERAS) TUSCARORA POMOUIK un SUGEREE Ft. So Barnwell Barnwell New Bern lico (Narhantes) am WAXHAW and 1710 P Cape T Moore rent R. R. Hatteras Expeditions Neuse WATEREE NEUSIOK (COREE) Beaufort 1715 THE TUSCARORA WAR — Main Events Cape Lookout 1710 WACCAMAW Colonial town of New Bern displaces Tuscarora village of Chattoka Clarendon County PRINCIPAL INDIAN TRIBES Wilmington From The Way We Lived in North Carolina 1711 Ca. 1600-1700, in addition to 1733 © 2003 The University of North Carolina Press Mid-September — John Lawson is executed near the village of Catechna Tuscarora. (Eastern tribes largely CAPE FEAR Map © North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources September 22 — Tuscarora Indians, in alliance with members of displaced displaced by white settlers.) All rights reserved. coastal tribes, attack colonists along the Neuse, Pamlico, and Trent Rivers Cape Fear October 27 —South Carolina resolves to raise troops to fight the Tuscaroras Forts Brunswick Town 1725 Indian Woods 1712 Reservation established in 1717 January 28 — The Barnwell Expedition crosses the Cape Fear River for Tuscarora remaining in North Carolina following the war of January 30 — Barnwell’s force destroys the Tuscarora village of Narhantes 1711-1713. February 6 — Barnwell reaches the Pamlico River February 10-26 — Barnwell’s force remains idle at Bath Principal European Settlements February 27 — Barnwell moves on Fort Hancock at Catechna 1690-1733 April 7 — Siege of Fort Hancock April 17 — Fort Hancock falls to Barnwell’s force BARNWELL EXPEDITION August 8 — South Carolina sends the Moore Expedition to North Carolina Col. John Barnwell Early December — Moore’s force reaches Fort Barnwell, then moves 495 Indians: Yamassee and Essaw Alliance via New Bern and Bath to Albemarle County 33 white colonists Fort Neoheroka 1713 MOORE EXPEDITION Based on an artist’s rendering, from a manuscript housed at the South Carolina Historical Society. January 17 — Moore’s force advances from Albemarle County Col. James Moore March 1 — Siege of Fort Neoheroka 900 Indians March 20-23 — Final attack and capture of Fort Neoheroka 33 white militiamen MAPS BY MARK ANDERSON MOORE.

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