The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-06
THE INDIAN TRIBES
IN NORTH CAROI INA
FRED A. OLDS.

N. OADS.
Recentiy the writer gave some facts |
riding the North Carolina Indians !
and told Of what the collection of their |
handiwork in the Hall Of History |
means in the way of setting out to a
Lace degree the story of their life.
The Two Greatest Families.
The two greatest families of Indians
>, ,.orth America were the Algonquian
and the SiouAn, and both of these were
renresented in North Carolina. The
\ls,onduian family occupied a>lArger
-. than any in all North America,
fnr It's range or scope was from New
faundIand on the north to the Rocky
Mountains to the westward, and as far
soutn as PamlicO Sound in this State.
an The east, therefore, it skirted the
Atlantic coast all the way from New
foundland to the Neuse river. It's
southern border touched the eastern
ciouan. the southern IrOQuoian and
~. Musk hogean, and on the west the
ciouan. The "Algonquins" in Canada
oaye the name to the family, the
name meaning "at the place Of spear
ING rish and eels," that is from the
how Of a canoe. The name Sioux
means snake and hence enemy"
The name Iroquois means real ac-
ders."
sioux Representatives in The State.
The Siouan family in North Caro-
lima was represented by the Cherokee,
Catawba. Saponi. Tutelo and several
other tribes in the center and west.
rhe Iroquoian family took in the Tus-
carora and their confederated tribes
after 1925, also the SapOni and Tutelo
and the Cherokees. The SapOni, as
stated, were Of the Siouan family and
their language and that of the Tutelo
vas almost identical. so they could
easily understand each other. The lam
auage Of the Occoneechis was likewise
similar. The few recorded Saponi
words are Siouan. The SapOni and
Tutclo moved about 1902 from the
YadkIn river near Salisbury to the Sc
eurity of the white settlements in the
east in order to get protection, as the
northern and southern Indians were
pressing them hard and killing their
out ON their way to the east they
were ioined by the Occoneechi anC
several other allied tribes. all small
ones and they settled at "Sapon
| Town about fifteen miles from where
Windsor BERTHE county. now is. Thu!
they became Of the IroQuoian family
by adoption.
Hereditary Enemies.
Var after year the Sapon1 ant
Tutelo had fought their hereditar.
| enemies. the IroGuois. from the north
peace was made in t722 betwnen wha
were known as the northern an
southern Indians in Carolina and Vir
ginia. About 1740 the Sapin an
Tutelo went north and joined the Isl
Nations" in New York. The Tuscaror
had preceded them and had joine
the Five Nations" which their &C
resson made the Six" In 1879 tn
Tutelos went to Canada and hav
passed out OF existence forever 1t
of interest to know that the IroQuo
called ali the Indians OF the Sioua
FAMILY in North Carolina 'Tutelo."
The THscaro-a Territory.
The cape Fear river was the seutf
cru border of the Tuscarora territor.
though their main habitat was alon
the Neuse and Tar rivers. Hatters
IS really. in many, If not most r.
spects, the real dividing line betwee
the north and south. and SO It divide
ihn ladians.
Some tribes Of Indians We're pit
tu'lv small. Thus the Bear river trl'
affiliated with the Tuscarora. had
l7oI one town and fifty warriors;
traven county, on a tributary OF II
Muse river
piiaus Names Meanings Known.
\aturally there is much interest
i'dlan names, which are numero
an North Carolina. BY good fortu
many of these names were gwen
me fuscaroras and the Cherokee
both Of which tribes. or nations. ma
written language. Thus 1T is ca
to tell their meaning. The India
generally named places on account
some popularity or incident ard
the same as regards the naming
their children.
Thus in Tuscarora ChOcOWln
means The place of the Bur
stump" and Chockoyotte The Pla
ot the otter In the Cherokee
lion is a boy named Kordoske, VIII
means SPADE" because his moth
carrying him on her back. was nea
mt 10y a spade which fell from
steep hill. Another Indian there
named Conocotogah, which mea
Standing Turkey" because his mo-
lnef In q nath hioc turkey SOOOI