Tuscarora War

Tuscarora War
Part of the American Indian Wars

The execution of John Lawson on September 16, 1711.
DateSeptember 10, 1711 – February 11, 1715
(3 years and 154 days)
Location
Result

British colonial victory

Belligerents
North Carolina
South Carolina
Apalachee
Catawba
Cherokee
Yamasee
Tuscarora
Coree
Cothechney
Machapunga
Mattamuskeet
Neusiok
Pamlico
Seneca
Weetock
Commanders and leaders
Chief Hancock Executed

The Tuscarora War was fought in North Carolina from September 10, 1711, until February 11, 1715, between the Tuscarora people and their allies on one side and European American settlers, the Yamasee, and other allies on the other. This was considered the bloodiest colonial war in North Carolina.[1][page needed] The Tuscarora signed a treaty with colonial officials in 1718 and settled on a reserved tract of land in Bertie County, North Carolina. The war incited further conflict on the part of the Tuscarora and led to changes in the slave trade of North and South Carolina.

The first successful English settlement of North Carolina had begun in 1653. The Tuscarora lived in peace with the settlers for more than 50 years, while nearly every other colony in America was involved in some conflict with Native Americans. After the early 18th century war, most of the Tuscarora migrated north to New York. They joined the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, all Iroquoian-speaking peoples, as the sixth nation.

  1. ^ La Vere, David. (2013). The Tuscarora War : Indians, settlers, and the fight for the Carolina colonies (1st ed.). Chapel Hill [North Carolina]: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-1257-7. OCLC 856017210.[page needed]