The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-07

turned from Virginia and h AdmiaAs-
tr.t,on OF the new governor promnee
! peace and prosperity. One OF the urSt
| act, OF the new legislature.
was a against Thomas carey. ~
visinS Governor Hyde y bring hfm -
| trial for his usurpation. This aiax1nee
| the usurper. He Immediately tAses
the standard OF revolt and his cid t0a-
lows answered his call TO arms ne
fortified his house and defed the gov-
| ernor to come and take him His ms
guided followers proclaimed him gov
| ernor. and for the thi: I time he
10 exercise the duties u that position
Hyde, however. hac not
his title TO the govern ship at the bid
ding o. this wouid-be ruler. and was
also playing at ruling in another . n
Of the province. Carey issued Ms
proclamation as governor and with Ills
forces, armed TO the teeth. went out
in search Of Hyde intending to give
him a short shift with a rope as soon
' as his person could be procured. The
governor appealed to Governor Spots
wood, OF Virginia, for help. and he dis
palcnea q torce OF militia to Caro'ina
10 Queli the rebellion. There had been
a collision between the forces OF Hyde
and Carey before the troops from VT-
ginfa arrived.
"A was oA "a
made upon the forces OF Governor
Hyde near the latter's house. The in
surgents moved 10 the assault with q
whoop ~dischargin; their fowling pieces
as they came. The governors forces
received the attack with nerve. and
with we'll directed aim drove back the
rebel forces with ease. The records OF
the times do not mention the
in this engagement, bu; from ne tes-
fiynDnC nf SapAral NAvHffnaGas n
certain that some blood was spilled
Carey, falling in his purpose To seize
the person OF the governor. dispatched
, John Porter, the Albemarle demaEogue.
to the Tuscarora Indians to excite them
to hostilities against the adherents OF
Governor Hyde. At the same time he
sent other emissaries among the Coree
Indians to get them TO join in a general
massacre of those who did not side
' with him.
4, Meanwhile the forces from Virginia
| came upon the scene and Carey took
to the swamps for refuge. His fol-
lowers dispersed. He with q few fol-
lowers was afterwards captured and
sent to England for trial, but as the
necessary evidence against him was
not produced he was allowed to go free.
He subsequently returned to Albemarle
out went from there to the West Indies
"iiSlC lllC hllh
John Porter and some desperate
characters like himself had planted
the seeds of envy and hate among the
.~neighboring Indians, N now those
seeds began to sprout and bring forth
more fruit than they anticipated. They
had aroused a monster that they could
not control. In a short time an ex-
tended and deep-laid plot was formu-
lated among the Indians to destroy the
-I;sa
So well was the secret guarded that not
n of the doomed victims dreamed Of
the purpose of the Indians until the
dreadful warwhoop was sounded at
sunrise on that dreadful September
morning and the work Of slaughter be-
gan.
About twenty tribes OF Indians had
entered into the plot, the strongest and
most important one being the Tus-
caroras. who lived in what Is now
BERTHE county. These divided the work
among themselves, 50 that the mas
sacre could take place at the same
time in all quarters of the colony. The
Tuscaroras, twelve hundred strong,
were to fall upon the settlements along
the Roanoke river and the southern
banks of the Albemarle sound. The
Cotechneys, who lived in what is now
Greene county, were to form a juno
ton with the coreSs, along the NeuSe.
and destroy the settlements at Now
bern. The Mattamusketts and Match
apungos, who lived in Hyde and Beau
tort counties, were to, complete the
work OF destruction at Bath and the
~neighboring plantations. On the
northern shores Of the Albemarle the
Meherrins assisted by smaller tribes
and also by some bands OF the Tusca-
roras were to operate for the complete
destruction OF all settlements in that
quarter.
1t was a deep-laid plot, sweeping in
its scope, and wise in it's details. The
wonder is that any whites escaped. 1t
was a plan which, had 1t been executed
with promptness and expedition, must
have resulted in the complete destruc-
ton Of the English colony Of Abe
marie. Had it been so executed. the
forests OF North Carolina would have
howled afterwards for a time without
English ears to hear.
The details or this awful event viii
be reserved for a future article.
ReidSville, N. G. December 1 1897.