The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-04-15
THE INDIAN TRIBES
IN NORTH CAROLINA
FRED A. OLDs :.

FRED A. OLDS.
recently the writer gave SONS
facts regarding the North Caroline
Indians and told of what the collec.
tirn of their handiWork in the Hal
81 History means in the way of gett-
jn2 out to a large degree the story OF
tly3r life.
IHE TWO GREATEST FAMILIES.
| he two greatest families of In.
dams in North America were the
A.golquian and the Siouan, and
roth OF these were represented in
North Carolina. The Algonquin
family occupied a larger area than
any in all North America, for it's
range or scope was from Newfound.
land on the north to the Rocky
Mountains to the westward, aud as
tar south as Pam:ico Sound in this
State. On the east, therefore, it
skirted the Atlantic coast all the
way from Newfoundland to the
Neuse river. Its southern border
touched the eastern. Siouan, the
southern Iroquoian and the Muskho-
oean, and on the west the Siouan.
The "AIgonquins" in Canada gave
name to the family, the name mean
ing at the place of spearing fish
and eels," that is from the bow of
a canoe. The name Sioux" means
"srake" and hence enemy" The
name Iroquois means real adders. -
SIOUX REPRESENTATIVES IN THE
STATE
The Sioran family in North Caro-
lima was represented by the Chero-
kee, Catawba, Saponi, Tutelo and
several other tribes in the center and
west. The Iroquoian family in the
Tuscarora and their confederated
tribes after 1926, also the Saponi
and Tutelo and the Cherokees. The
Saponi, a stated, were of the Siouan
family and their langu age and that
of the Tutelo was almost ider tical,
so they could easily understand each
other. The language of the Oc-
coneechis was likewise similar. The
few recorded Saponi words are Sio.
uan. The Saponi and rTuteIo moved
about 1902 from the Yadkin river
near Salisbury to the security of the
white settlements in the east in or.
der to get protection, as the northern
and southern Indians were pressing
them hard and' killing them out
On their way to the east they were
joined by the OcconeeChis and seve-
rol other allied tribes. all small ones,
and they settled at "Saponi Town."
about fifteen miles - from where
Windsor, BERTHE county, now is
Thus they became of the Iroquoian
family.
HEREDITARY ENEMIES.
Year after the Saponi and Tutelo
had fought their hereditary enemies,
the Iroquois, from the north Peace
was made in 1722 between what
were known as the northern and
southern Indians in Carolina and
Virginia. About 174O the Sap1ni and
Tutelo went north and joined the
six Nations" in New York The
Tuscarora had preceded them and
had joined the Five Nations"
which their accession made the
Six" In 1879 the Tutelos went
to Canada and have passed out>ot
existence forever. 1t is of interest
to know that the Iroquois called all
the Indians of the Siouan family in
North Carolina Tutelo"
THE TUsCARORA TERRITORY
The Cape Fear river was the
southern border of the Iuscaforo
territory, though their main habitat |
was along the Neuse and Tar rivers. !
Hatteras is really, in many, II not
most respects, the real dividing line |
between the north and south and so
it divided the Indians.
Some tribes of Indians were pitt
fully SMALL Thus the Bear river t
tribe affiliated with the TuScarora,
had in 1907 one town and fifty war
rlors; in Craven county, on tiltu-
tary of the Neuse river.
INDIANS NAMES MEANINGS KNOWN.
Naturally there is much interest
in Indian names. which are numer-
1us in North Carolina. BY good
fortune many of these names were
given by the 1uscaroraS and the
Cherokees, both of which tribes, or
'atlons, have writ en- language
Thus it is easy to tell their meaning.
The Indians generally named places
IN account Of some popularity or IN
-ident and did the same as regards
the naming at their children
Thus in ruscarora ChoCoWlnity