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Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Creation Stories 1Sybo!is for the "ni#erse $The $ Directions %

Chapter &: The $ Races of 'an(ind 7$ Races of )uans *ound +

Chapter ,: -rigin of the .ear C!an 1,

Chapter $: )istory of the .ear C!an 17What is a Tribe or /ation0 1+Tie!ine &2

Chapter %: 3iants0 &&

Chapter 6: The Tie of 'ound .ui!ding &$The Weapeeoc /ation &7Weapeeoc Society &4Triba! 3o#ernent &+/ationa! 3o#ernent ,2

Internationa! 3o#ernent ,1

Chapter 7: *irst Contact ,&The Lost Co!ony of Sir Wa!ter Ra!eigh5 Roano(e ,,

Chapter 4: aestown5 The ar!y 8ears ,7The 9owhatan pire ,7aestown *ounded 1627 ,49owhatan ttac(s 16&& $2

Chapter +: The Theft of a /ation $,

3reed5 the .eginning of the nd $$.acon;s Rebe!!ion 1676 $6Cary;s Rebe!!ion 1711 $4The Tuscarora War 1711 $+


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Chapter 12: The Laster Tribe of 9er prophecy of the White .uffa!o Ca!f Woan 72The 7 *ires 9rophecy 7,

Chapter 1&: Rebui!ding the /ations 7+The ?'yth@ of the Chero(ee 9rincess0 7+Type of *edera! Recognition ffects nro!!ent 42"ASA Recognition by an ct of Congress 41Internationa! Law 4&Restoring the /ations5 )istoric Tie!ine and Location 4,'igrations and *ai!y Surnaes 4$)ereditary Chiefs and C!ans 4+)ereditary Chiefs of -ther /orth Caro!ina Tribes +2

Chapter 1,: Bision *or the *uture +1

Short Ter 3oa!s +1Long Ter 3oa!s +$

Chapter 1$: n conoic 'ode! *or /ati#e /ations=Tribes +6/ati#e Currency ?Whee!@ 'oney +7Land Ta>es +4Labor based Ta>es ++ob Training and ducation 122)oe -wnership 121)oe *inancing 12&

Conc!usion 12,

Chapter 1%: 'essages and Contact inforation 127Contact and nro!!ent Inforation 114


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This book is the story of one tribe# its nation# and the people they came from# the tribesof the $arolina %l!on&uin people.

But that story touches many tribes from coast to coast%nd the human race as a whole

The Caro!ina !gon


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This sip!e and short creation story has a !ot in coon with that of othertribes5 with inor differencesA ong soe tribes in !as(a the spirit wor!d isre#ersed with the hoe of the good spirits be!ow and the e#i! ones abo#eA In othertribes the 3reat Tree is part of the -rigin Story of 'an(ind rather than the Creation

Story5 with the first an and woan coing out of the tree5 or an ania! burrow atits baseA -ften the Tree is a specific type of tree the tribe ho!ds sacredA

)owe#er it this story the type of tree is not naed5 but the sybo!is of TheSpirit Tree was coon throughout the 'ound .ui!ding cu!tures before the arri#a!of uropeansA It is a!so found aong other cu!tures !i(e ?The Circupo!ar 9eop!e@5as in Wor!d Tree of /orse Bi(ings and other tribes of /orthern uropeA It is a!sofound in the tribes of sia5 !i(e the Spirit Tree of 'ongo!ian ShaansA

Despite the sip!icity of this creation story5 !ders often put a great dea! ofthought into itA In y youth I thought the La(e of *ire referred to nora!

reincarnation as sou!s went there to die and were born there as we!!A

I thought there was a f!aw in this5 and tried to ipress an !der of the tribewith y (een obser#ation and !ogicA )ere is that storyA

I to!d the !der that there was a f!aw in the creation story with the La(e of*ire5 and e>p!ained y !ogicA ?There are a nuber of peop!e around the wor!d inenta! hospita!s who c!ai to be the reincarnation of /apo!eon and their eoriesof his !ife ha#e been confired as historica!!y accurateA )ow can this be0 They a!!can not be /apo!eon0@

The !der rep!ied5 ?8oung one@5 you (now your are in troub!e when an !derca!!s you young one5 regard!ess of your ageA

-ou do not understand# every person is uni&ue# and this is why lifeis so sacred. % persons memories are written on his soul for the 'reat(pirit to read. Those who do not make it into eternity are destroyed in theLake# but the pieces retain specific memories. When a new soul iscreated# it has the memories of many people passed on to it# but we donot recall those memories."

It is like when many people are talkin! at once# all you hear isnoise. Even of you listen closely# it is hard to understand what a sin!le

person is sayin!. But some memories are more powerful than others. %ndlike a person yellin! in the crowd# can be heard if you listen. This is whysome people fear thin!s but do not know why. The memories of someonewho fell to their death may cause a person to fear hei!hts."


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The memories of a spiritually powerful person can also be &uitestron!. 'o and brin! these people to!ether and they will find that none ofthem share the eact same memories# each only has pieces of this mans

memories. This Napoleon must have been a powerful person for so manyto recall some of his memories."

There is nothin! wron! with these people# they have only listenedtoo closely to memories that are not theirs. The truth of this will heal themand they will be free to live their own life"

This ade sense to e and I had been hub!ed5 no ore the coc(y youthtrying to catch !ders in a ista(eA C!ear!y uch thought had gone into hise>p!anation for it had an interna! !ogic I cou!d not find any f!aw withA

This a!so shows one of the other reasons for nati#e stories5 as a for ofspiritua! hea!ingA Traditiona! stories are often recited as part of a hea!ing cereonyAThis creation story cou!d he!p soeone with phobias5 who heard #oices or sawghosts5 or had the eories of soeone e!se by pro#iding an e>p!anation for theirprob!es and hopefu!!y a way to dea! with the and reain a producti#e eber ofthe counityA

Recent!y researchers at the ory Schoo! of 'edicine in t!anta ha#e shownthat eories of trauatic or stressfu! e>periences can be passed down to futuregenerations through cheica! changes in their D/ F1GA So whi!e /ati#e peop!e did

not (now about D/5 they obser#ed that eories can be passed down causingphobias and other enta! prob!es5 and these stories he!p those peop!e dea! withthose prob!esA

Li(e esop;s fab!es5 any nati#e stories were a!so eant to pro#ide a ora!copass to guide ones !ife byA Respect the Creator and his creation5 a!! !ife has #a!ueand e#erything is connected in the circ!e of !ifeA .e a good person and a good after!ifeawaits you5 but e#i! peop!e are denied an after!ifeA

.ecause such ora! stories are shot and genera! in nature5 they are f!e>ib!eenough to he!p understand the be!iefs of other cu!turesA

fter the !der had finished I e>p!ained that soe re!igions !i(e )induis and.uddhis5 be!ie#e they are reincarnated any ties5 and are ost!y the saeperson each tie retaining uch of their past !i#es5 and do not be!ie#e in an eternitywith the 3reat Spirit5 yet they are a #ery spiritua! peop!eA

The !der thought for a bit5 as this seeed a new concept to hi5 but soonrep!iedA


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The Land of the +ead and the Lake are not in the (pirit Worldabove# nor the (pirit World below# perhaps this is where the souls ofthose people stay until they are ready to be reborn. If they are a spiritual

people# then this may account for why they remember so much of theirpast# and because they willin!ly accepted to be reincarnated# they mayremember more. There are many paths to understandin!# and every

person must walk their own path. The 'reat (pirit is very wise and mademany paths to understandin! that all may find a path suited to them."

/ati#e erican ?re!igion@ was inc!usi#e and sought to understand the be!iefsand stories of other peop!esA When tribes eet and shared stories5 each tribe wou!dadit that there was uch wisdo in the stories and traditions of the other tribeAach person and tribe worshiped in their own way5 and considered the way othersworshiped to be as #a!id as their ownA

This is the opposite of ost odern re!igions where the be!iefs of other faithsare oc(ed and ridicu!ed5 and fo!!owers are e>pected to worship within a annerofficia!!y prescribed by the re!igionA )ence any odern re!igions are e>c!usi#ec!ubs where they are right and e#eryone e!se is wrongA

Sybo!is for the "ni#erse

The basic sybo! that represented creation was the Cross of Creation5 with acirc!e at the idd!e representing the physica! wor!dA I ade the circ!e b!ue for Waterand green for the arth5 but y artistic ta!ents are !iited5 so forgi#e y crudeiages in this boo(A


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'y unt -!!ie e>p!ained the Spinning Cross of the $ directions to e this wayA

The directions are the same for us as other tribes# ecept for thedirection it spins# and this determines which direction we dance. We

%l!on&uins are the ,eople of the North# and the (tars of our $lans dancearound the the North (tar which represents the (acred *ire. We dance thedirection they travel# around the *ire# counter/clockwise# which some callwiddershins."

We kept track of the seasons by these stars. But the other 0aces of1ankind kept track of time other ways. The ,eople of the East used the(un# and the ,eople of the West the 1oon. The ,eople of the (outh usedthe 1ornin! and Evenin! (tar." %ll these people dance clockwise around

the fire."

This is how you will know other tribes that are the ,eople of theNorth# they dance the same way we do# counter/clockwise."

'any tribes no !onger use the Spinning Cross sybo! for the $ directionsA Ifyou cur#e the bro(en ars of the cross ti!! they touch5 it becoes a cross within acirc!eA

'any tribes use the sybo! of a cross or within a circ!e for the $ directions5

and is a!so ca!!ed The 'edicine Whee! by any tribesA The direction of spin or tra#e!is !ost when the circ!e of The 'edicine Whee! is used instead of the Spinning Cross5but each tribe aintains the tradition of which direction they dance inA

The sybo! of an within a circ!e was used by y tribe to describe the $Races of 'an(indA The story of the $ Races of 'an(ind has a !ot in coon withthe $ directions as we!!5 so it is no surprise that soe tribes cobined thesybo!is o#er tieA

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Chapter &: The $ Races of 'an(ind

The 'reat (pirit created the first man and woman to be hiscompanions in the Eternal Lands. % !rape vine !rew up the (pirit Tree

from the ,hysical World below# and the man and woman found the!rapes# desired them# and ate them."

They found the !rapes pleasant to eat and desired to eperiencemore of the pleasures of the physical world and so they descended the(pirit Tree to the physical world."

They eperienced many thin!s and became attached to their

desires and the pleasures of the physical world. The more attached theybecame to the physical world# the more they became like the animals andmankind could speak the lan!ua!e of the animals"

They became so attached to the physical world# they could nolon!er find the (pirit Tree or return the the Eternal Lands from which theycame."

The first 1an and Woman had 2 children# boys and !irls who

married and are the 'randfathers and 'randmothers of the races ofmankind# they are the ,eople of the West# (outh# East and North."

Each of them also had boys and !irls who are the *ather and1other of the $lans of each of the tribes of the races of mankind."


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The ,eople of the West preferred the caves and dark places of theearth for their home and their color is Black. They valued physicalstren!th and bravery in the hunt."

The ,eople of the (outh preferred the warm lands for their homeand their color is 0ed. They value physical possessions and theiremotions run as hot as the land they love"

The ,eople of the East preferred the open spaces for their home andtheir color is -ellow. They value intelli!ence and all thin!s new to themand are !reat inventors and eplorers."

The ,eople of the North preferred the cold lands that they mi!ht be

spiritually purified and their color is White. They value all thin!s spiritualand have a !reat knowled!e of herbs and medicine."

I ha#e spent ore tie pondering this story than any other story fro yyouthA In ost ytho!ogies the creation of an fo!!ows the creation of the wor!d5and before the history of an(ind5 but no story of the creation of an was passeddown to e in y youthA

9erhaps the story of the creation of an was !ost o#er tie5 or we ne#er hadone to begin withA There e>ists a great #ariety of stories about the creation of an

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The sae dua!ity is seen in the 9eop!e of the /orth and SouthA The /orth !o#ethe co!d and are spiritua! detached fro the physica! wor!d5 the South !o#e thewarth5 and are attached to physica! possessionsA

The tradition that there were $ races of an(ind is found across theericas5 and in South erica there are stone car#ings which c!ear!y show the $races of an(ind5 with distinct Caucasian5 sian5 frican and /ati#e featuresA

.ecause this is a widespread be!ief aong the /ati#es of erica5 it wou!d beeasy to o#er genera!iHe their be!iefs5 but there are difference in inor detai!s frotribe to tribeA

*or e>ap!e whi!e near!y a!! tribes use the sae $ co!ors5 they do not a!! p!acethe in the sae $ ed with odern huans fro &45222 to 425222 years agoA .utore recent!y other races of huans ha#e been foundA

In &22, scientists disco#ered the reains of another race of huans5 )oo*!oresiensis on an is!and in Indonesia5 nic(naed )obbits due to their sa!! siHeAF1G


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The reains of 4 s(e!etons were dated and ranged fro 1,5222 to ,45222years o!d5 Too!s and other artifacts were found dating as far bac( as +%5222 yearsre!ated to these s(e!etonsA Too!s going bac( 1 i!!ion years were found5 but wereost !i(e!y ade by an ear!ier hoinid5 )oo rectusA .ut the ?)obbits@ c!ear!y

e>isted at the sae tie /eandertha!s and odern huans were interbreeding aswe!!A

&224 in the !tay ountains5 c!ose to where Russia5 'ongo!ia5 China andKaHa(hstan eet each other5 a fourth race of huans are disco#ered5 the Deniso#anF&GA The se#era! speciens found were in a strata ,25222 to %25222 years o!dA

The Deniso#ans appeared about the sae tie as the /eandertha!s did5&%25222 years agoA 'ore iportant!y the reains of /eandertha!s5 Deniso#ans andodern huans were found in the sae ca#eA , of the $ races of an(ind foundwithin the sae ca#e5 and showed genetic e#idence of interbreedingA

Deniso#an D/ is found aong the /ati#e ustra!ian borigines5 and theirancestors wou!d ha#e tra#e!ed the sae path as the )obbits didA The Tibetans ha#ea gene which he!ps the dea! with the !ow o>ygen at high a!titudes5 cae fro theDeniso#ansA F,G

So e#en though on!y a re!ati#e few nuber of s(e!eta! bones ha#e been found5there is a!ready considerab!e e#idence that there was $ races of an(ind and thatthey interacted and interarried for 12;s of thousands of yearsA

The /eandertha!s were the ost western of these ancient huans5 the

)obbits the ost eastern5 odern huans cae fro the South out of frica5 andDeniso#ans are found in the /orthA

Stories of the $ Races of 'an(ind and found aong the nati#e tribes of /orthand South erica5 and these stories ay #ery we!! date bac( ,25222 to 425222years ago when these races interarried or e#en farther bac( in tieA This wou!da(e the ora! stories of /ati#e ericans aong the o!dest stories (nown toan(indA

ong the ancient peop!e of the rest of the wor!d there is no stories e>act!y!i(e the $ Races of 'an(ind of the /ati#e ericans5 but soe e#idence of this story

ay be found in the ytho!ogies around the wor!dA I a not an e>pert in wor!dytho!ogies5 but here is a coup!e of e>ap!es that ight re!ate to the /ati#e storiesof the $ Races of 'an(indA


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Ce!tic Tribes

The Ce!tic Tribes and /ations had uch in coon with their /ati#eerican brothers and sisters5 and suffered uch the sae fateA Their rich cu!ture

was !abe!ed barbaric and they were considered sa#ages so the Roans cou!d fee!better about (i!!ing and ens!a#ing the whi!e ta(ing their !andA

What !itt!e reains of their great cu!ture and stories were not recorded ti!!uch !atterA The Ce!tic stories te!! of a race that inhabited the /orth before the5the Tuatha De; DanannA This ad#anced and a!ost god!i(e race of an fought theraces of giants for contro! the the /orthA

The Tuatha De; Danann #anished fro the face of the earth o#er tie and thisis e>p!ained by the Tuatha De; Danann retreating to the Spirit Wor!d when the3au!s in#aded Ire!andA

When the Deniso#an D/ was first e>ained5 it showed that the Deniso#anrace was a!ready in popu!ation dec!ine when they first eet and startedinterarrying with the other Races of 'anA

The story of the Tuatha De; Danann then ay ha#e been a representation ofthe Deniso#an race that disappeared in ancient tiesA

The 3eranic Tribes

The 3eranic tribes of northern urope share the sybo!is of a 3reat Treewith y tribe5 but the structure of the uni#erse in re!ation to it is considerab!ydifferentA They a!so had $ races in their ytho!ogy5 the Light !#es5 the Dar( !#es5the Dwarfs5 and 'enA Li(e the Ce!ts and /ati#e ericans their ytho!ogy a!so hadgiants who were not of the race of an but !i#ed upon the earthA F$G

gypt

gypt b!ended $ separate ytho!ogies into one o#er tieA They started with $

Creation stories naed after the $ aor cities of the regions they cae froA)e!iopo!is5 'ephis5 )eropo!is and snaA ach had their own aor god5pantheon and their uni


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China

China a!so has $ Creation yths and $ yths about the great f!oodA So whi!e

China fored out of any ethnic groups5 they ay a!! ha#e be!onged to 1 of $ancient cu!tura! traditionsA F$G

8u the 3reat founded the ia Dynasty5 China;s first dynasty5 &&22&122 .CA)e was the 3reat 3randson of the 8e!!ow perorA )e estab!ished an officia! sybo!that is #ery c!ose to the 'edicine Whee! of /ati#e erican tribes5 and 8u the 3reathad the distributed on banners throughout ChinaA F$G

Rather than a sip!e cross in the circ!e5 the cross a!so had a sa!! circ!e at itscenter5 !i(e the Cross of the "ni#erseA So in a sense it cobined the $ ain crosssybo!s of nati#e peop!eA

t the center was the sybo! of a .ear5 the 'oon to the west5 a Sna(e to thesouth5 the Sun to the east and a .ird to the northA This sybo! was used for a!ost&222 years and recorded in Rong Cheng Shi5 an ancient baboo anuscript datingto $%,&&1 .CA The .ear has a!so been used as a sybo! for the arth in ancienttiesA

I do not (now enough about the sybo!is of ancient China to coent onthe possib!e eanings of this sybo!5 but I find the sii!arities to the sybo!is ofour tribe and other nati#e tribes #ery interesting and wou!d !o#e to !earn ore aboutitA

That sybo! p!us the $ #ersions of creation and f!ood stories suggests thatthere was $ distinct cu!tura! traditions of the peop!e of ancient ChinaA

Korea

The Korean peop!e ha#e a story that the race of an di#ided into $ groups5 thepeop!e of the West5 South5 ast and /orthA It is a high!y structured story5 but a!so auch ore cop!e> story than ours5 but written stories can be !ong5 whereas ora!

stories tend to be shorterA

The Korean peop!e be!ie#e they are descended fro The 9eop!e of the /orth intheir history of this sp!itting of the peop!e5 specifica!!y the .ear C!an of the 9eop!e ofthe /orthA They are considered by anthropo!ogists as one of the Circupo!arcu!tures5 and !i(e a!! the Circupo!ar peop!e5 ha#e a !ot of ytho!ogies andtraditions about the .earA


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Chapter ,: -rigin of the .ear C!an

In those days the people were like animals and spoke the lan!ua!e

of the animals. The ,eople of the North wish to become human a!ain# andthey traveled to the (acred 1ountains in the Land of Ice that they may bepurified."

The $lans of the North asked themselves which of the $lansshould lead them3 The 1atriarchs of each of the $lans decided that eachshould seek !uidance from the 'reat (pirit on who should lead them onthe path to becomin! fully human."

The Bear/1other decided she would !o into her den# abstain from

physical pleasures and fast# seekin! the !uidance of the 'reat (pirit."

(he fasted until the stren!th left her bones and body. )er hair wasfallin! from her body and she feared she would die but was willin! to doso for the !uidance of the 'reat (pirit."

Then 'reat (pirit told her to leave the den# that she had becomeunattached to the desires of the physical world and re!ained herhumanity."

The 1atriarchs of the $lans were outside her den# for each of themhad !iven up on their &uest to seek the !uidance of the 'reat (pirit. TheBear/1other had been in her den so lon!# they feared her dead and weredecidin! who should !o in to see."

%s they were talkin! the Bear/1other emer!ed from her den# fullyhuman. (he could see the spirit world and speak with the spirits# shecould travel to the (pirit Tree. (o it was that the Bear $lan was chosen to

lead the ,eople of the North."

The Bear/1other is the mother of all female shamans# and her son%ni/Tsa/'u/)i became the first $hief of the ,eople. )e was a (eer and hewas !iven the knowled!e of medicine# all those who heal follow in his

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C!an stories are aong the ost coon nati#e stories foundA The .ear C!anis considered by ost tribes to be one of the ost ancient c!ans5 so there is anabundance of origin stories for the .ear C!an5 the Winnebago ha#e 4 #ersions a!oneAF%G

Within the Winnebago story;s the sae thees can be found as seen in ourstoryA That an was once !i(e the ania!s and were co#ered in hair and spo(e the!anguage of the ania!sA That an cou!d becae huan again5 and the .ear C!anwere the (eepers of the (now!edge of edicineA So#ereignty is often a!so associatedwith the .ear C!an and it is seen in these storiesA

In addition a coon thee is seen throughout the stories of the'an;to"ghEue'end5 which is that an(ind fe!! fro spiritua! perfection because oftheir desire for physica! p!easures and possessions5 and their attachent to theirdesiresA That if we !ose our attachent to desire5 we can regain our forer status

and becoe5 fu!!y huan once againA

In addition the story pro#ided an e>p!anation for why bears can go withoutfood during their !ong hibernationA There was a!so a !onger #ersion of this story5which sad!y I do not reeber a!! the detai!s of5 where the son was born in the denduring the .ear'other;s ordea!5 and the son is not naed in that #ersionA It a!sooffered an e>p!anation for why bears gi#e birth during the tie they are hibernatingA

'any c!an stories re!ate how that C!an was chosen to !ead the tribe5 and thisis a!so seen in our storyA /o sing!e c!an has !ead the peop!e fro ancient ties tonowA It is safe to say near!y e#ery c!an has !ead the peop!e at one tie or another5

and such c!an stories record these e#entsA

)owe#er our story about the origin of the .ear C!an does not ention theother c!ans by nae and neither does the story of the $ Races of 'an(indA It wassaid that ?the (tars of our $lans dance around the the North (tar"so I as(ed y unt-!!ie which C!ans were the first c!ans of the 9eop!e of the /orthA

1ost tribes a!ree the the Bear $lan is the most ancient of the clansand that we lead the people in those times. %ll a!ree which starsrepresent the Bear# but this is not true of other clans."

The Beautiful Woman $lan and Lon! )air $lan of the ,er&uimansTribe claim that a beautiful s&uaw is seen in the northern stars andrepresents their clans. The ,anther $lan of the $hesapeake Tribe claim tosee a !reat cat in the northern stars. The Wolf# (nake# and Turtle and allthe others also claim to see their clans in the northern stars."


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)istory of the .ear C!an

The ,eople of the North started as tribes# each with their own$lan. The people !rew in number. Because of this when we traveled wedid so in a !roup of tribes# that the ,rinciple $lans of the people wouldalways be to!ether."

The ,eople of the North !rew into a nation and as we traveled weencountered the tribes of the other 0aces of 1ankind. (uch meetin!swere cause for celebration and marria!es between the tribes occurred. (oit was that in time all the $lans of the 0aces of 1ankind could be foundin every tribe. The ,eople of the North !rew into a !reat nation and the

number of her tribes were more than the stars of the ni!ht sky.

6ne day tribes of the ,eople came upon a new land where therewere no other people# the huntin! was !ood and the Ice was thick uponthe land. It was a sacred land."

%s we traveled this land one of the tribes received a vision from the'reat (pirit that they should follow the sacred mountains and ice to thesouth. The other 7 tribes continued eastward."

We arrived at the 'reat Waters in the east and could !o no father.We knew this now to be a 'reat Island for we had crossed the 'reatWaters throu!h the north to this land."

The eldest of our tribes 8Lanape9 settled north of the Little 0iver8+elaware9 closest to the ice. The net tribe 8:ir!inia %l!on&uins9 settledbetween the Little 0iver and the Bi! 0iver 8$hesapeake9. 6ur tribe8$arolina %l!on&uins9 settled south of the Bi! 0iver."

*rom there we !rew into many tribes epandin! west and northwhen the ice made room for our people in this sacred land# Turtle Island#that the $reator made for us."


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Typica!!y a brother or sister of the chief5 a!ong with part of the tribe5 wou!d!ea#e to estab!ish a new territoryA The Weapeeoc /ation had &% tribes when theng!ish arri#ed at Roano(eA Counting the other nations and independent tribes ofthe Caro!ina !gon


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Despite this ounting e#idence fro a nuber of scientific fie!ds5 there aresti!! those who try and c!ai that /ati#e peop!e did not arri#e arri#e ti!! 1&5222 yearsagoA

.esides the fact that soe peop!e5 scientists inc!uded5 refuse to abandon o!dtheories they are attached tooA .ut why shou!d peop!e c!ing to an outdated theoryabout when /ati#es arri#ed0

Euite sip!y5 the !ess tie /ati#e peop!e were in here before uropeans5 thestronger the c!ai of ?disco#ery@ by uropeans isA The ?Doctrine of Disco#ery@ wasand sti!! is used by the Supree Court of the "nited States as ustification forstea!ing the !and of /ati#e peop!eA They ha#e it bac(wardsQQQ

In 1$+& /ati#e ericans ?Disco#ered@ Christoper Co!ubus !ost at seaA Thispoor de!uded an thought he had sai!ed around the wor!d to siaQ What an idiotQ

/ot to ention ass urderer5 and to thin( erica sti!! ce!ebrates Co!ubus Dayas a nationa! ho!idayA

The peop!e of urope in the 1622;s had forgotten their ancient history and didnot (now about the $ races of 'an(indA .ut we reeberedQ

Recent!y e#idence was found that p!aces /ati#e 9eop!e5 y peop!e5 in theChesapea(e .ay region &&5222 years ago F1GA Whi!e it was ust a stone point and a'astodon s(u!!5 it is the ear!iest e#idence we ha#e of huan habitation in the regiony peop!e sett!edA

If we were in the Chesapea(e .ay region &&5222 years ago5 we wou!d ha#e hadto cross into /orth erica uch ear!ier than ost ?e>perts@ be!ie#e5 as we wou!da!so ha#e to e>p!ore and cross the who!e continent before we sett!ed down on theast CoastA

If our ora! history is in fact history5 then other stories ight be based onhistorica! facts at one tieA

This then brings us to the story about one of the ne>t groups to arri#e in/orth erica5 the 3iantsA

References:

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Chapter %: 3iants0

The ,eople of the North have fou!ht the 'iants since ancient times#

for they also claimed the North as their land. The were a mi!hty race ofmany tribes. (ome the siisted5 but thewidespread be!ief that they once e>isted has ne#er diedA

,25222 years ago the path between sia and /orth erica opened brief!ythen c!osed again and wou!d not reopen for another $5222 yearsA This period of tiewou!d fit our story5 !etting the 3iants and possib!y others in5 and pre#enting thegiants return to their ancestra! !andsA


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Chapter 6: The Tie of 'ound .ui!ding

In the rest of the wor!d5 war was the ain dri#ing force behind techno!ogica!

ad#anceentA War was a resu!t of groups of huans copeting for resourcesA

The ancestors of /ati#e ericans !eft the -!d Wor!d ust as things werestarting to get crowded fro a hunter gatherer perspecti#eA So o#era!! they were apeacefu! peop!e who had so far seen !itt!e conf!ict other than with the ythica!giantsA

With no other huans and p!enty of natura! resources in /orth and Southerica5 they wou!d reain a !arge!y peacefu! peop!e for thousands of yearsA Lifewas good and there was no incenti#e to push new techno!ogies as fast as whathappened in the -!d Wor!dA

When faring was introduced5 the !and cou!d support far ore peop!e than itcou!d beforeA 9opu!ations c!ibed as did conf!icts5 and this !ead to the oundbui!ding cu!tures and the fortification of sett!eents5 which had not been necessarybeforeA

It was a!so a tie for e>perienting with new fors of go#ernent toeffecti#e!y unite a !arger group of peop!eA Tribes that were not 'ound .ui!ders hada!so grown in siHe and were a!so doing the saeA

Soe tribes used earthen ounds in the construction of their cities5 andhence the ter 'ound .ui!dersA Soe ounds were ade as a base for iportantbui!dings5 soe for re!igious reasons5 and soe for buria!A

/ow fro ancient ties we ha#e a!ways buried our dead in oundsA In thedays when we were noadic5 wandering the arth5 they were sip!e indi#idua!ounds5 often constructed at the site where a person diedA

This practice continued after we sett!ed down to a seinoadic e>istence5 ti!!faring and !arge popu!ations ade it ipractica!A With a !arge popu!ation5indi#idua! gra#e ounds wou!d soon !itter the !andscapeA

Large buria! ounds ade efficient use of the !andA *ar ore efficient thanodern gra#eyards where the dead are spread out as we!!A The buria! ounds a!soser#ed as an iportant reainder that we are a!! one peop!e5 a!! re!atedA

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There were a nuber of 'ound .ui!ding cu!tures in /orth erica andstarted in the region of the 'ississippi Ri#er5 a aor trade route for nati#es andspread fro thereA

It ne#er reached Canada or ost of the !gont in power were the Sache;s M'onarchsN of thetribes of the nationA /e>t was y tribe5 the 'an;to"ghEue'end5 princip!e c!an .earC!anA -ur princip!e town was a ho!y p!ace and !ocated ne>t to the territory of the

Chesapea(e within the .orders of the 3reat Disa! Swap5 which a!so was a ho!yspot for the WeapeeocA

-ne of the duties of the 'an;to"ghEue'end was preparing the bodies of theKings for buria! and the (eeping of their 'anito MSpiritNA We were funera! directorso#erseeing the preparation of the bodyA We acted as priests conducting the funera!ser#ice5 and as a grief consu!ar for !o#ed onesA

The body of the Sache wou!d be carefu!!y wrapped in reeds foring a cas(etaround the bodyA pri#ate cereony wou!d be conducted for the fai!y and c!osefriendsA The body of the Sache wou!d then be ta(en to our ho!y site where his body

was p!aced in a sa!! Longhouse5 s!ight!y bigger than a anA set within a oundAThe roof wou!d then be p!aced on the Longhouse and co#ered with dirtA The reedcas(et pro#ided the ateria! to


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When on!y the bones were !eft5 they wou!d be dug up5 and carefu!!y wrappedin deers(inA Whi!e the body was coposting5 we wou!d a(e a sa!! statue thatrepresented the dead SacheA fter the bones of the Sache ware dug up andprepared a great cereony wou!d be he!dA Throughout this process a sa!! statue

representing the departed accopanied the bodyA

The statue representing the Sache wou!d be p!aced on top of his bones anda!! the peop!e wou!d coe to pay their respects to the departedA They wou!d spea( tothe statue as if the Sache was sti!! a!i#eA This was so the Spirit of the Sachewou!d enter the statueA

In our be!iefs e#erything had a 'anito5 or spirit5 roc(s5 trees5 springs5 and ho!ysites a!! had a 'anitoA #erything that !i#ed5 that had the ?.reath of Life@ breathedinto the by the 3reat Spirit5 the Creator5 a!so had a sou!A

We be!ie#ed there was a!so a third spiritua! body which was attached to thephysica! body5 that Seers used to tra#e! in their dreasA This wou!d be what anyca!! the stra! .ody todayA So !i(e the hea#ens5 a huan had $ parts5 the 9hysica!5the stra!5 the Spirit and the Sou!A

fter the pub!ic cereony the statue with the 'anito of the Sache wou!d beta(en to a 3reat Longhouse atop on of the 'ounds and p!aced there with the 'anitoof a!! the Saches of the 9astA The Saches of the peop!e wou!d coe to theLonghouse of Chiefs to see( the guidance of their ancestorsA

fter the spiritua! !eader who prepared the dead for buria! cae the other

spiritua! !eaders and hea!ers of the peop!e in the socia! structure of the Chesapea(e'ound .ui!dersA

/e>t in the socia! hierarchy was the C!an 'others were ne>t in the hierarchy5fo!!owed by the !eaders of specia! interest groups !i(e the )unter society5 *isheranand gui!ds !i(e Wapu a(ers and boat bui!dersA *ina!!y cae the nora!ebers of the tribeA

It was a!so a tie of e>perienting with ore abstract concepts !i(e a federa!go#ernent and the first state issued IADA 'en had two tattoos to show their 'a!eand *ea!e ancestra! !inesA 'en o#ed within the nation !i#ing with the tribe and

c!an of their wifeA

In the past when popu!ations were sa!!5 e#eryone (new the fai!y !ines ofeach otherA If you did not5 you too( the at their wordA s popu!ations grew5 thearriage custos of the past were enforced by !aws and en were tattooed topre#ent the fro !ying about their ancestryA


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Weapeeoc Society

The Chesepiooc 'oundbui!ding nation had a #ery structured society with adistinct hierarchy of c!asses within the nationA Status cou!d be deterined at a

g!anceA The nuber and type of tattoos5 body piercings5 hair sty!e5 body paint andornaentation c!ear!y defined which socia! c!ass one be!onged tooA

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/ationa! 3o#ernent

It was at the nationa! !e#e! that e#en c!ose!y re!ated nations differed great!y onAperor 9owhatan of the Birginia !gontree andstripped the nationa! go#ernent of its abi!ity to pass !aws without the fu!! consentof the peop!eA

/ationa! go#ernents that are an abstract for of go#ernent5 not direct!yanswerab!e to the peop!eA Regard!ess of how good their intentions5 such ago#ernent is not in touch with the peop!e and wi!! pass unpopu!ar and unust!aws5 e#en if it was done for ?the good of the peop!e@A

The Chesepiooc had a!! en branded with tattoos to ar( their fai!y !ines onthe off chance a an ight !ie about his fai!y to arry the woan he !o#edA The

Weapeeoc /ation abo!ished that !aw as an e>cessi#e intrusion into pri#ate affairsAIf a an did !ie about his fai!y to arry the woan he !o#ed5 that was betweenthe and the 3reat Spirit and not a atter the go#ernent needed to edd!e withA

The Weapeeoc wou!d rather be a 'ora! nation rather than a nation of !awsA/o one needs a !aw to (now that urder5 rape5 or s!a#ery was wrong5 the 3reatSpirit taught us this was wrong in ancient tiesA The teachings of the 3reat Spiritare written on our hearts5 we did not need !aws to reind us of thisA

The Weapeeoc /ation was coposed of So#ereign Tribes5 which passed !awsas they saw fit for their tribe5 and they were few in nuberA -#era!! it was

go#ernent by po!icy and custo rather than by force of !awA

The 'assasoit Sache M9rincip!e ChiefN of the Weapeeoc /ation acted as aspiritua! !eader who;s #ision for the future of the tribe pro#ided direction in decisiona(ingA The 'assasoit Sache acted as a ediator for disputes between tribesA The'assasoit Sache was a!so the dip!oatic for the Weapeeoc /ation when dea!ingwith other nationsA

When the 'assasoit Sache of the Weapeeoc ade a treaty with othernations5 it had to be ratified by the So#ereign tribes of the nation5 uch !i(eCongress today ust ratify treaties the "ASA enters intoA This is a!so proper under

current internationa! treaty !awA

Dua! and 'u!tip!e CitiHenship: Whi!e the concept of dua! or u!tip!ecitiHenship is a fair!y new idea for ?'odern@ go#ernents5 it was at the heart ofnati#e go#ernents since ancient tiesA


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ach person was a citiHen of their So#ereign Tribe5 they were citiHens of the/ation as a who!e5 and a!so a citiHen of nations which they were in an a!!iance with5uch !i(e the uropean "nion and other geopo!itica! unions of nations todayA

Internationa! 3o#ernents

In the days when we were ca!!ed the Chesapea(e nation we had ore fora!internationa! go#ernents and ore fora! a!!iancesA s the Weapeeoc ost ofthese internationa! a!!iances were not fora!iHed5 but a co!!ection of so#ereignnations which #a!ued the friendship and opinions of other nations when dea!ingwith coon prob!esA

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Chapter 7: *irst Contact

The e#ents surrounding first contact between un(nown nations often defines

the #iew and the re!ationships between those nationsA This was true for the nati#epeop!e of /orth Caro!ina as it was for any othersA

*or the Weapeeoc nation5 first contact was not with the ng!ishA When theng!ishan Lane first e>p!ored /orth Caro!ina he tried to trade for pear!sA It wasob#ious to hi that they were used to trading with en !i(e hi and (new we!! the#a!ue of their pear!sA F1G

In our ora! history we traded with ships that cae to the coasta! waters of/orth Caro!inaA We a!so too( in peop!e abandoned or stranded on the coastA Theycou!d ha#e coe fro se#era! sources5 'oorish or Spanish ships as we!! as piratesthat traded and raided the coast of /orth ericaA

In one ta!e we too( in soe refuges abandoned on the coastA They wereIndians of an un(nown nation far to the south that had been ta(en as s!a#es by theSpanish and so we (new of their atrocities against nati#e peop!e before we eet theng!ishA

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The Lost Co!ony of Sir Wa!ter Ra!eigh5 Roano(e

There has been uch specu!ation about the Lost Co!ony5 and ore theories

than one can countA !! I can offer to the discussion is the ora! history of y peop!e5bac(ed up with as uch historica! e#idence as I can findA

In the ora! history of our peop!e5 the Weapeeoc and the Chowanoc are orethan ust a!!ies of the ng!ish5 they are ng!ish citiHens5 Subects of the CrownA TheSecotan5 Croatan and the 'angoac !atter ca!!ed Tuscarora were in an a!!iance withus as we!! before the ng!ish cae

In our history the Croatan too( the co!onists in5 and for their safety it wasdecided to di#ide the co!onists into groups5 with each of the nations of our a!!ianceprotecting one groupA The group that went with the Weapeeoc !i#ed with the

Chesapea(e tribeA

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There was independent confiration that soe of the Lost Co!ony were !i#ingwith the Chesepiooc5 and that proof cae fro our eney5 peror 9owhatan of theBirginia !gonp!ored the region of /orth Caro!ina aroundthe Roano(e area5 and his writings about that e>pedition are en!ighteningA F1G

.efore Lane5 an e>pedition was sent to ap the coast in 1%4$5 and they adecontact with Secotan and CroatanA This !aid the groundwor( for Lane;s e>peditionA

*or the ost part Lane tried to estab!ish peacefu! re!ations with the /ati#e

/ations of /orth Caro!ina5 but he was no dip!oat and ade two b!unders thatwou!d shape the history of /orth Caro!ina during the co!onia! periodA

Lane too( the son of the 'assasoit Sache5 King 'enatonon of theChowanoc5 as a hostageA Then Lane;s group !ost a si!#er cup5 and assued theIndians of a sa!! #i!!age they had recent!y #isited had sto!e itA They attac(ed andsac(ed the #i!!age searching for the cup5 which they ne#er foundA

It was a #i!!age of the 9ai!ico /ation5 who had c!ose (inship ties with theWeapeeocA The 9ai!ico /ations Chief wanted re#enge5 to wipe the ng!ish out5but such a war did not ha#e widespread support aong the peop!e of that nationA So

the 'assasoit Sache of the 9ai!ico5 King 9eisapan started trying to recruitwarriors fro the other Caro!ina !gontended fai!yA

So the 'assasoit Saches of the Chowanoc and the Weapeeoc cae to Laneand swore their a!!egiance as a!!ies of the ng!ish and subects of the CrownA /oton!y did the 'assasoit Sache of the Weapeeoc5 King -(isco5 coe5 but a!so theSaches of the other &$ tribes of the Weapeeoc /ation and p!edged that fro thatday forward5 the and their descendants wou!d recogniHe )er 'aesty Eueen!iHabeth the *irst as their 9rincip!e So#ereign F1GA


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!! the Saches of the Weapeeoc tribes cae so that Lane wou!d (now thatthe Weapeeoc 9eop!e were of one accord in this decisionA

When treaties or oaths were e>changed between /ati#e nations and other

nations5 often one or both sides did not understand the fu!! ip!ications of whatthey were agreeing tooA Lega!!y this eans there was not a ?'eeting of the 'inds@and the agreeent is nu!! and #oidA

That was not the case hereA The Weapeeoc and Chowanoc #iewed ng!andas a /ation -f /ations5 ust !i(e the great fora! a!!iances between nations nati#epeop!e had5 and Eueen !iHabeth was the reining So#ereign of that great nationA

Lane had cae here under the orders of his Chief Sir Wa!ter Ra!eigh to founda co!ony5 and Chief Sir Wa!ter Ra!eigh was a under the Eueens ordersA TheWeapeeoc and Chowanoc (new fu!! we!! that by this oath they wou!d becoe

CitiHens of ng!andA Dua! and u!tip!e citiHenship was coon aong nati#enations5 they saw this as being no differentA

This citiHenship eant that they were ng!ish Co!onies of ng!ish citiHens withthe right of Se!f 3o#ernanceA Lane a!so understood that by their oath they wereCitiHens of the CrownA Lane was ipressed Weapeeoc5 but wou!d be oreipressed by the as their actions wou!d showed they wou!d stand by that oathA

When history boo(s ta(e about Lane;s e>pedition they picture hi as bra#e!yfighting off an attac( by the 9ai!ico IndiansA nice story to swe!! the patriotic prideof young hearts5 but not the who!e truthA Chief 9eisapan had gathered a force fu!!y

capab!e of wiping Lane and his en outA

.ut the nati#e nations a!!ied with the ng!ish and the Weapeeoc sent a!ost722 warriors to Lane;s aidA s the eney approached5 at the agreed signa! theyeerged fro the woodsA "pon seeing the force against hi5 Chief 9eisapanretreatedA It was hoped that this disp!ay of force and a!!iance with the ng!ish wou!da(e Chief 9eisapa reconsider the path of warA

That such a sa!! force was needed showed how unpopu!ar Chief 9eisapanca!! to war wasA The a!!iance cou!d fie!d o#er 65222 warriors on short notice5 TheCapito! of the Chowanoc o#er 722 warriors by itse!f by itse!fA F1G 8et Chief 9eisapan

cou!d bare!y raise a few hundred warriors5 we on!y needed 722 to a(e hi retreatA

.ut Chief 9eisapan wou!d not !isten to reasonA In the end it was decided thathi and a coup!e of his c!ose fo!!owers shou!d be e!iinated to end the war effort5and was carried out by Lane with the he!p of the Weapeeoc F1GA


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.ut due to the conf!icts and !ac( of pro#isions5 Lane thought it wou!d be bestto head bac( to ng!and and start a co!ony on another #oyageA 1% en were !eftbehind5 and were !i(e!y (i!!ed by friends of Chief 9eisapa as re#enge for hisdeathA

Lane had stayed there for 12 onthsA When he returned5 he pro#ided detai!sof the e>pedition to Sir Wa!ter Ra!eighA Lane had been ipressed by the Chowanocand Weapeeoc nations5 and it sees Sir Wa!ter Ra!eigh was ipressed by the aswe!!5 and ordered that a peranent co!ony shou!d be estab!ished on the Chesapea(e.ay5 the !and of the Weapeeoc nationA

1%47 the Lost Co!ony set out with 11% co!onistsA They were to stop at Roano(eto pic( up the 1% en !eft behind5 and proceed to the Chesapea(e .ay to found aco!ony near the Weapeeoc /ationA

When they got to Roano(e they cou!d not find the 1% en5 ust one s(e!eton5but the coander of the f!eet wou!d not !et the co!onists bac( on the ship5 refusedto go the the Chesapea(e bay5 and duped the co!onists thereA

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Chapter 4: aestown5 The ar!y 8ears

There are few records fro the ear!y days of aestown and the tribes of the

Weapeeoc are hard!y entioned at a!!A Two ain reasons5 thin( of the a#eragenews show5 the bad guys get a!! the edia co#erageA The sae is true in anyhistorica! accountsA 9owhatan is reebered because of his conf!icts with theng!ish and their batt!es recorded5 no rea! reason to write about the good guys whone#er cause prob!esA

nother reason is because aestown was burnt to the ground se#era! tiesin its history5 and one tie it was part of a conspiracy to stea! the !ands of theWeapeeoc and wiped the fro historyA It was not entire!y successfu! and there issti!! a wea!th of inforation in the co!onia! records to support the ora! history of theWeapeeoc peop!e and the Caro!ina !gon


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.ut to the ng!ish who had ne#er seen such body art and did not understandthe eanings behind it5 it ust ha#e seeed to their re!igious Christian cu!ture a?sa#age@ practiceA

So the !aw forbidding en to run off and !i#e with the Indians sees to bedirected at the tribes of the 9owhatan epireA This conc!usion is a!so supported bythe co!onia! records showing that when en were brought bac( and punished forbrea(ing this !aw5 it was 9owhatan tribes they had arried intoA

That the ng!ish cae and too( their en bac( and did not a!!ow the toarry 9owhatan woen was a great insu!t to 9owhatanA

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*or 1% years 9owhatan had tried e#erything he (new to for an a!!iance withthe ng!ishen of aestown5 gifts5 trade5 he in#ited the to his sacredcereonies5 e#en offers of his woen and arriageA

)is war with the Weapeeoc and Chowanoc was in a sta!eateA /o !argeengageents5 fighting was done by sa!! bands of warriors roaing the disputedregionA .ut 1% years had gi#en hi tie to rebui!d his ariesA

When he saw that the ng!ish were bui!ding sett!eents on Weapeeoc !andunopposed5 the on!y conc!usion he cou!d a(e was that the ng!ish and his eneywere a!!iesA

)is response was to use the sae tactic he used against the Chesepiooc5 asurprise attac( on the unsuspecting ng!ishA Li(e the attac( on the Chesepiooc5 itwou!d be a coordinated attac( against a nuber of sett!eents at onceA It wor(ed asp!anned and his ary suffered few !osses and the ng!ish hea#y !ossesA aestownsur#i#ed on!y because a /ati#e boy warned the of the attac(5 but not in tie towarn the other sett!eentsA

The ng!ish respond in force and for o#er 12 years systeatica!!y attac( anddestroy 9owhatan sett!eentsA The co!onia! records say that the chi!dren werespared and adopted by the ng!ishA

There are soe prob!es with this storyA *irst5 fro a i!itary point of #iew5 itis un!i(e!yA 9owhatan;s ary wiped out a significant portion the ng!ish popu!ation5and 9owhatan;s ary suffered a!ost no !osses in the attac(A

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The ng!ish wou!d ha#e had to !ea#e a force to defend aestown when theywent on the offensi#e5 eaning they had precious few en for batt!e5 and theseco!onists are not professiona! warriorsA

9owhatan;s ary was again at fu!! force5 and the ng!ish great!y reduced innuberA #en with the he!p of new co!onists5 they wou!d be at a i!itarydisad#antageA

The ng!ish tried hard to not !et the 9owhatan;s (now that their guns of thetie were not as effecti#e as /ati#e bowsA The soothbore us(ets they used wereinaccurate and !ac(ed (i!!ing power at !ong range5 s!ow to re!oad and prone toisfiresA The so(e and noise they ade ipressed nati#es at first5 but that hadworn off by this tieA They were a good defensi#e weapon5 when wa!!s protected theen fro arrows5 but as an offensi#e weapon against a defend position5 they were!arge!y ineffecti#e un!ess ep!oyed in !arge nubers5 which the ng!ish did not

ha#eA

The ne>t big prob!e with this story are the chi!dren the ng!ish adoptedA Theng!ish destroyed any 9owhatan towns o#er the course of this capaign5 whichwou!d ean hundreds and hundreds of chi!dren were adoptedA 9otentia!!y orechi!dren than the entire popu!ation of ng!ish co!onistsA

8et this !arge nuber of chi!dren are cop!ete!y unaccounted for in co!onia!recordsA They are not in the census records the ng!ish regu!ar!y too(A They don;tappear in death records5 or !atter arriage recordsA I can not find any trace of thein the co!onia! records after their adoptionA

.esides5 ost of the co!onists of aestown at this tie were not arriedA)ard to iagine these sing!e en wi!!ing to ta(e on se#era! chi!dren to raiseA If theydid5 sur!y there wou!d be soe record of their actions and the chi!dren5 but thereare no records5 these chi!dren disappeared cop!ete!y fro historyA

Whi!e historians say that sparing the !i#es of chi!dren was a #ery Christianthing to do5 it was a!so a #ery Indian thing to doA It was coon for tribes to adoptand raise the chi!dren of their s!ain eneiesA

The Chowanoc and Weapeeoc he!ped the ng!ish fight their utua! eney

the 9owhatan5 and !i(e any tribes we adopted the chi!dren into our tribesA The'etach(we and Chesepiooc tribes of the Weapeeoc and the Chowanoc nationwou!d ha#e adopted ost of the5 as they suffered the greatest !osses in the waragainst 9owhatanA

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16$6 9owhatan is fina!!y defeated and forced to sign a treaty with the ng!ishestab!ishing the boundary between his nation and the co!onyA What is interesting isthe boundary between the 9owhatan and the ng!ish is e>act!y the sae as theboundary between the 9owhatan and the Weapeeoc before our war F&GA

This was our region of !and before the war with 9owhatanA We had sufferedgreat !osses during the war and did not need a!! that !andA In our history we ga#ethat !and to the ng!ish5 but retained the right to !i#e5 tra#e! and hunt free!y on itA'aps as !ate as 1666 show the 'etach(we tribe of the Weapeeoc nation !i#ing intheir traditiona! !and5 within the boundary of the ng!ish co!ony F,GA

-ne of the conditions of this treaty was that the 9owhatan tribes had to returnescaped s!a#es they too( inA 'ore on this in the chapter on s!a#ery5 but we were notthe on!y nation to ta(e in escaped s!a#es into our tribes F$GA The treaty a!so re$onsented That such Indian children as shall or will freely > voluntarily come in >live with the En!lish# may remain without breach of the art %rticles of peace# providedthey be not above twelve yeares oldA@ F$G

Whi!e the tribes of the Weapeeoc and Chowanoc were !i#ing within theborder of the co!ony5 the war had reduced their nubers5 but this c!ause a!!owed/ati#e chi!dren of other nations to oin us and the ng!ish5 and great!y increased the

nubers of /ati#es !i#ing within the co!onyA

References:

F1G The erican nthropo!ogist Bo!A I /oA + SeptA 14+4 by Wi!!ia Too(er

F&G 1%46 ap by ohn Whitehttp:==wwwArootswebAancestryAco=Uo!cgdrg=sur=&w=white7aAht

F,G 1666 ap of Caro!inahttp:==freepagesAgenea!ogyArootswebAancestryAco=Uainegenie=)ILT-/Aht

F$G http:==nati#eheritageproectAco=&21$=2%=16=powhatantreatyoctober16$6=

F%G The 'idd!e 9!antation Treaty of 1677http:==wwwApowhatanuseuAco=)istoricDocuentsAht!
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molcgdrg/sur/2w/white7a.htmhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mainegenie/HILTON.htmhttp://nativeheritageproject.com/2014/05/16/powhatan-treaty-october-1646/http://www.powhatanmuseum.com/Historic_Documents.htmlhttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molcgdrg/sur/2w/white7a.htmhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mainegenie/HILTON.htmhttp://nativeheritageproject.com/2014/05/16/powhatan-treaty-october-1646/http://www.powhatanmuseum.com/Historic_Documents.html


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Chapter +: The Theft of a /ation

The popu!ation of the co!ony in Birginia continued to grow for both nati#esand co!onists a!though the co!ony did not (eep trac( of nati#e popu!ations within

the co!ony !i(e they did their ownA *ro 16$65 the treaty with 9owhatan5 to 1676and .acon;s rebe!!ion5 there was considerab!e interarriage between the the nati#es!i#ing within the co!ony and the co!onistsA

t the tie of the treaty with 9owhatan5 there was about 4 ng!ishen fore#ery ng!ishwoen in the co!ony5 no surprise then that any arried nati#ewoen at this tieA

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1664 The Lord 9roprietors coission Wi!!ia Druond as 3o#ernor ofthe !bear!e MWeapeeoc /ationNA )owe#er e#en at that tie5 no record of hisfora! coission can be found and his authority is disputed F1GA There is goodreason why there was no officia! docuent5 it was i!!ega!5 and the Lord 9roprietors

did not want a paper trai! !in(ing the and their cries against the Kings LawA

1665Wi!!ia Druond fi!es the ?3reat Deed of 3rant@5 e#en the naesounds fa(eA This ?3reat Deed of 3rant@ granted the Lord 9roprietors perission thegi#e !and to new!y arri#ed sett!ers5 ust !i(e in BirginiaA

?:arious efforts were also made from time to time by theauthorities both in En!land and in %lbemarle MWeapeeoc /ationN#to nullify this deed by declarin! that not only that it was a revocable deed#but that it had at various times actually been revoked and annulled.'overnor 'abriel ?ohnston# a very arbitrary official in his dealin!s

with the colony# was especially ur!ent in pressin! this view of the case.@ F1G

/ow the 'assasoit Sache of the Weapeeoc5 Chief Ki!(o(anen was far wiserthan he is pictured in the Co!onia! recordsA Starting , years before this in 166&Chief Ki!(o(anen started deeding !and to indi#idua! ebers of the nationA

The first !and deeds in /orth Caro!ina was to 3eorge Durant5 /athanie!! .attsand friendsA -n!y !atter in the co!onia! records is it re#e!ed that they are !eaders of ofthe tribes5 and King Ki!(o(anen !atter naes 3eorge Durant;s son ohn Durant ashis successor F&GA

Co!onists that had arried into the nation had ad#ised King Ki!(o(anen onng!ish !and !awA When the Lord 9roprietors deeded !and to a new co!onist on !anda!ready deeded by the Chief5 the courts a!ways uphe!d the deed fro the nati#es asit had greater authorityA

1668The Lord 9roprietors ru!e that the ?3reat Deed of 3rant@ is #a!id andthat Wi!!ia Druond is the !ega! go#ernor of the !bear!e MWeapeeoc /ationNAWhich is no surprise as they ?coissioned@ hiA

Their decision is appea!ed5 the first of a nuber of cha!!enges against this?3reat Deed of 3rant@A The deeds granted by Chief Ki!(o(anen continues to be a

prob!e for the Lord 9roprietorsA

The Weapeeoc peop!e a!so contro!s who !i#es in their !and by shunningnewcoers they don;t wantA /o one spea(s to the5 no one wi!! buy or se!! withtheA

/ow the Lord 9roprietors had big prob!e on their handsA Their answer5 a p!otthat wou!d a(e any )o!!ywood e#i! genius proudA


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3o#ernor .er(e!ey escapes aestown and .acon burns aestown to theground a!ong with ost of its recordsA .acon on!y sa#ed se!ected docuentsA .aconwas !osing the batt!e for contro! of the co!ony with 3o#ernor .er(e!ey when he burntaestown on Septeber 1+th5 and then short!y afterwords5 on -ctober &6th5 .acon

abrupt!y dies and his body ne#er foundA InterestingQ

3o#ernor .er(e!ey regains contro! of the co!ony5 and during his in#estigationof the rebe!!ion5 &, peop!e were hanged for treason for their part in the rebe!!ion5any of the proinent and wea!thy indi#idua!s5 !i(e Wi!!ia Druond5 thei!!ega! go#ernor of the !bear!e and the person who fi!ed the ?3reat Deed of 3rant@

Wiia! "ru!!ond, the iega governor of the #be!are, a$$ointed bythe %ord &ro$rietor, and the $eron who fied the ()reat "eed of )rant*teaing the %and of the Wea$e!eo+, wa hanged for reaon a a ringeader of-a+on' .ebeion/

3o#ernor .er(e!ey was reca!!ed to ng!and because a coittee thought hee>ecuted too any proinent citiHens5 and the Lord 9roprietors were fina!!y free ofhi5 one of the greatest a!!ies of /ati#e peop!eA

*ro a i!itary point of #iew5 the attac(s on friend!y and a!!ied tribes waseant to pro#o(e a reta!iation that cou!d then be used to raise pub!ic support for awar to wipe the outA It wou!d a!so stri(e fear into those tribes and perhaps a(ethe !ea#e5 freeing up their !andA The burning of aestown and the sa#ing of on!yse!ected records wiped out the history of the Weapeeoc /ation as a!!ies and ourc!ai to the !andA

It did stri(e fear into any friend!y and a!!ied tribesA Soe did f!ee the co!onyA'any of the Weapeeoc tribes retreated to the !bear!e MWeapeeoc /ationNbecause the batt!e for our right to se!f go#ernance as an independent co!ony had ustbegunA

The .att!e for the Right to Se!fgo#ernance

3eorge Durant5 Wea!thy !andowner and erchant5 hero of the !bear!e anda po!itica! !eader who batt!ed for the rights of the 9eop!e his who!e !ifeA 'uch hasbeen written by historians about this an and his ro!e in co!onia! history5 but a!! of

the5 e#en odern historians neg!ect to ention one #ery iportant detai! abouthis !ife5 3eorge Durant was a Chief of the Wecocoi(e tribe of the Weapeeoc5 andhis son ohn Durant !atter becoes the 'assasoit Sache of the Weapeeoc/ationQ

)istorians5 e#en odern ones5 continue to try and erase our peop!e for thehistory boo(sA It is no secret Durant was a !eader of the Weapeeoc5 historians ustchoose to ignore that fact or ne#er e#en noticed the connectionsA


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Cu!pepper;s Rebe!!ion 1677

1677 fter the e>ecution of Wi!!ia Druond for treason5 the Lord9roprietors appoint another i!!ega! go#ernor to rep!ace hi5 Thoas astchurchA

astchurch had !ong e>pressed his desire to be go#ernor to the Lord 9roprietors5howe#er once appointed5 he was too interested in drin(ing and chasing wea!thywoen to bother with being a go#ernor5 and sent Thoas 'i!!er as hisrepresentati#eA 'i!!er was a!so a drun( who had been charged with treasonousspeech in Birginia as a #oca! supporter of .acon F$GA

3eorge Durant started Cu!pepper;s Rebe!!ion whi!e in ng!and and threatenedthe Lord 9roprietors with open re#o!tA If we had not been an independent co!ony5Durant wou!d ha#e been arrested on the spot for treason5 but they waited unti! hereturned to /orth Caro!ina where 'i!!er tried to arrest hiA )owe#er it was 'i!!erwho was arrested and thrown in ai! by ohn Cu!pepper5 a!so a Chief of the

WeapeeocA ohn Cu!pepper ay ha#e been re!ated to 3o#ernor .er(e!ey;s wife whowas a!so a Cu!pepper5 and at the !east was a c!ose friend of the fai!yA Thisre!ationship ay a!so he!p e>p!ain the e#ents surrounding .acon;s Rebe!!ion andwhy 3o#ernor .er(e!ey was a great supporter of the friend!y and a!!ied /ati#es F$GA

The Lord 9roprietors charged Cu!pepper with treason5 and he went to ng!andto defend hise!f and was ac years !atter5 Seth Sothe! in 164,A

Sothe! pro#ed to be so corrupt that the sseb!y reo#ed hi fro office and

banished hiA So the batt!e between the Weapeeoc /ation and the Lord9roprietors for contro! of the !bear!e waged bac( and forthA teporary peacewas obtained when !oca! !eaders of the !bear!e5 MSache of the WeapeeocN werea!!owed to go#ern these!#es for the ost partA The Weapeeoc 9eop!e consideredthese!#es a separate so#ereign co!ony5 !i(e Birginia5 a Co!ony of the Crown5 the1$th Co!ony of ericaA

Cary;s Rebe!!ion 1711

Thoas Cary of the Weapeeoc was 3o#ernor at the tie5 and the Lord

9roprietors ade their ne>t attept to seiHe power by rep!acing hi dward )ydeA3o#ernor Cary and the !oca! go#ernent refuses to ac(now!edged )yde as the newgo#ernor5 this tie they are a!so supported by the Eua(ersA

The Eua(ers were the on!y re!igious group the Weapeeoc e#er a!!owed intheir nationA We ha#e a !ong history with the and soe of or peop!e did becoeEua(ers5 and the Eua(ers s!ow!y accepted our nati#e re!igion as being as #a!id astheir #iewsA


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Cary;s Rebe!!ion was short !i#ed5 the Lord 9roprietors had had enough andwas ready to do anything to secure their contro! of the !bear!eA 3o#ernorSpotswood of Birginia was ore recepti#e to reistence and wipe us fro the history boo(s that isQ

The Tuscarora and and other /orth Caro!ina tribes had been a!!ies of theWeapeeoc for hundreds of yearsA They were fu!!y aware of recent e#entsA They now(new the co!onia! go#ernent cou!d not be trusted5 what other options did theyha#e but war0

The Weapeeoc and Chowanoc nations tried to be a shinning e>ap!e that/ati#e /ations and uropean /ations cou!d coe>ist peacefu!!yA #i! en whosegreed and !ust for power contro!!ed the co!onia! go#ernent and they wou!d ne#era!!ow /ati#es to be treated as e


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The Lord 9roprietors fina!!y got what they wanted5 but it wou!d cost thedear!yA -ther tribes started attac(ingA Seeing the co!onies were near defense!ess5 the*rench and Spanish a!so too( ad#antage of the situationA

12The Lord 9roprietors were rep!aced due to their incopetence andpo!itica! edd!ingA The southern co!onies were near defense!ess because the Lord9roprietors in their greed had neg!ected to pay for defenses and an ary as wastheir dutyA

/ow not a!! of the Lord 9roprietors were e#i! enA Sir Wi!!ia .er(e!ey whowas a!so 3o#ernor of Birginia for a tie was an a!!yA We a!so had at !east one othera!!y aong the Lord 9roprietors5 ost !i(e!y Sir 3eorge Carteret or ar! Wi!!iaCra#en5 or perhaps bothA .ut that sti!! !eft the other Lords which opposed us in theaorityA .esides5 who (nows for sure as their were no officia! records for any oftheir actions against us5 it ay ha#e been ust one or two e#i! en acting without

the (now!edge of the other LordsA

130The new go#ernent under the /ew Lord 9roprietors was e#en !essto!erant of /ati#es5 but e#en they were forced to adit So#ereign Tribes of theWeapeeoc sti!! e>isted within the !bear!eA 3o#ernor .urrington startsconducting a censusA /ati#e nations that are tributary or subugated are countedfirstA /one of the tribes of the Weapeeoc appear in this census MRecd 1$th Sept17,2NA

1313o#ernor .urrington records that there are 6 /ati#e nations !i#ingwithin the co!ony5 a!! tribes of the WeapeeocA DrA .ric(we!! is credited with

;inding; one of theA a nation called the ,as&uotanks# who kept cattle and madebutter# but at present have not cattle. F%G

1323o#ernor .urrington estiated the tota! nuber of Whites at ,2thousand5 6 thousand /egroes and !ess than 422 Indians within the co!onyA)owe#er he did not consider that a nuber of the Whites and /egro popu!ationsthat considered these!#es IndiansA

140ohn Durant5 8eopi Chief5 petitioned /orth Caro!ina on ?beha!f ofhise!f and the 8eopi /ation to be peritted to se!! and e>change their !ands asay best FsuitG their con#eniencyA The 8eopi reser#ation was subse


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References:

F1G 9reface to Bo!ue 1 of the Co!onia! Records of /orth Caro!inaA Saunders5 Wi!!ia

Laurence5 14,%14+1 1446 Bo!ue 21

F&G Deed Book 3, pgs. 24-26

F,G ric *oner5 'ive 1e Liberty@4 %n %merican )istory/ew 8or(: WAWA /orton JCopany5 &22+

F$G Wi!!ia SA Sith5 r Cu!pepper;s 0ebellion New +ata and 6ld ,roblems papersubitted to the *acu!ty of the Co!!ege of )uanities and Socia! Sciences inCandidacy for the Degree of 'aster of rts in Libera! Studies pri! 1++2

F%G ?In ncient !bear!e@ uthor: Catherine !bertson une 165 &224 F.oo(X&%42%G

F6G 3o#ernor 3eorge .urrington5 with an account of his officia! adinistrations inthe co!ony of /orth Caro!ina Co!onia! Records of /orth Caro!ina


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Chapter 12: The Laster Tribe of 9erap!eA

-ne of the ear!y nati#e Chiefs of the 'an;to"ghEue'end tribe arried arunaway s!a#e gir! naed Coe5 and her nae and her chi!dren becae a new c!anwithin the tribeA

S!a#ery started in Birginia in 1614 with the first s!a#es fro ngo!a fricaA Iwas to!d the surnae 3oins cae fro the ngo!ans who were soe of the firstescaped s!a#es to be ta(en in by the WeapeeocA

The 3reat Disa! Swap was one of the few !ocations where an escaped s!a#e

cou!d f!ee toA ar!y co!onists considered the Swap ipassab!e and any s!a#e thatade it there in those ear!y days was considered dead by the co!onistsA

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If a ?crie@ was coitted against a co!onist by a /ati#e5 there was no tria!AThe nearest /ati#e #i!!age wou!d be b!aed5 burnt to the ground5 the 9eop!e so!dinto s!a#ery5 and their !and ta(enA

.etween 1672 and 171% Char!es Town South Caro!ina erchants a!onee>ported ,25222 %25222 /ati#e ericans as s!a#esA The /orthern co!oniespreferred /ati#e s!a#es to frican ones5 and nati#e fea!e and chi!dren ass!a#es=ser#ants were in deand in urope as we!!A 'a!e /ati#es fro /orth ericawere often shipped to the Caribbean to be bro(en5 ti!! they stopped accepting thedue to s!a#e re#o!ts they !eadA /ati#e woen were used as s!a#es and for breedingwith frican s!a#es5 as the "nited States bought ost!y a!e frican s!a#esA F$5 %5 6G

?It was slavery more than war or disease that destroyed the small coastaltribes. %s early as A27 the MLordN ,roprietors had heard settlers were makin! war onIndians around Winyah Bay in order to obtain slaves. (ince the MLordN,roprietors had

!iven permission to sell Indian captives in the West Indies# the trade in slaves wasstimulated and soon the colonists could not distin!uish between Indians taken in warand those ac&uired in other ways.@ F6G

3reed of e#i! en !i(e the Lord 9roprietors set the stage for profiting fro thedestruction of /ati#e ericansA

The Laster Tribe

'y ancestor 9eter Laster arri#ed at a crucia! point in history ust before.acon;s rebe!!ion when there was sti!! hope of /ati#e /ations and uropean /ations

e>isting together peacefu!!yA

1666'y ancestor 9eter Laster arri#ed at aestown and bought !and in thecounty of Is!e of White on une 6 of that year F1GA The Laster surnae is #ery rareand on!y & en naed Laster arri#ed in /orth erica during the ear!y co!onia!periodA The other Laster !anded in the /ew ng!and area5 and was a Eua(erA

It is not (nown is the two en were re!ated or (new each other5 but theWeapeeoc /ation and the Eua(ers ha#e a !ong history that started #ery ear!y andif they were re!ated5 ay e>p!ain why the Eua(ers were the on!y re!igious groupa!!owed in Weapeeoc !andA

ap ade in 1666 showed that the 'etach(we tribe of the Weapeeocwas !i#ing within the co!ony at that tieA The 'an;to"ghEue'end nd Chesepiooctribes of the Weapeeoc were a!so sti!! !i#ing within the Birginia co!ony at this tie5but were far fewer in nuberA 9eter Laster;s far ust happened to be near the'an;to"ghEue'end tribeA


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/ot !ong after 9eter Laster arri#ed5 .acon;s Rebe!!ion startedA Li(e otherco!onists5 this e#ent forced any to choose if they were on the side of the 3o#ernorand a!!ied Indians5 or part of the rebe!!ion5 which carried a chance of hanging fortreasonA It is surprising .acon had as any supporters as he did a!! things

consideredA

9eter Laster ob#ious!y choose to reain !oya! to the King and the a!!iedIndiansA There are few records about the Laster fai!y after that5 and arriagesbetween ng!ishen and /ati#e woen were se!do recorded and few records frothat tie e>ist as we!!A /o other co!onists arri#e with the Laster surnae before theLaster Tribe eerges fro the southern side of the 3reat Disa! Swap F75 45 +512GA

There are #arious accounts of the Laster TribeA It is be!ie#ed that it was ca!!edthe Laster Tribe because it was the ost coon surnae5 F11G howe#er that is

on!y c!ose to the truthA The 'assasoit Sache of the Weapeeoc was Chief Laster ofthe 'an;to"ghEue'end tribe5 but there were a!so a nuber of sii!ar surnaes!i(e Lester5 Luster5 Lassiter in the Weapeeoc /ationA ach was an ng!ishsurnae of a separate fai!y !ine5 but o#er tie they ha#e been confused with eachother in officia! recordsA

.acon;s Rebe!!ion had se#era! effectsA It forced co!onists to either side with/ati#es or oppose theA .acon;s Rebe!!ion was a!so an act of Treason against theCrownA Co!onists who sided with the Indians #iewed these!#es as Loya!ists5 andthe ntiIndian faction as traitors5 and this #iew wou!d doinate the Weapeeoc/ationA

'i>ed .!oods and /ati#es of the Weapeeoc retreated into the !bear!eregion of /orth Caro!ina5 Weapeeoc !andA The !bear!e region was doinated byThe 3reat Disa! Swap5 a Sacred 9!ace for the WeapeeocA

The detai!s of the story ha#e been !ost5 but it was the !ocation we first sett!edupon reaching the oceanA )ere is the basic storyA

The 'reat +ismal (wamp was not always a swamp# it was a !oodland when we first lived there. We followed a White (pirit Bear who left

no tracks to its +en# but the +en was empty. The +en was du! into theroots of a 'reat Tree with a 'rape :ine wrapped around it. There was a!ood sprin! nearby. (o we knew that the 'reat (pirit had made this

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The 3reat Disa! Swap was iportant in the Weapeeoc history as we!!A Itpro#ided a p!ace for those who wanted to !i#e a ore traditiona! !ifesty!e and aniportant p!ace for hunting5 fishing and foragingA It was a hiding p!ace safe fro theeyes of co!onia! go#ernentA

Surrounding the 3reat Disa! Swap was !and ore suitab!e for faringwith p!enty of ri#ers and streasA The hoes and fars here reseb!ed those of theng!ish in construction5 but functioned the sae as /ati#e farsA What !oo(ed !i(ea s!a#e


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It was decided that the /ation shou!d di#ide and the peop!e of the tribes gowhere they chooseA When nati#es tribes o#ed or new ones fored5 it was coonto ta(e a nae to describe their new hoe !andA Weapeeoc eans ?,eople at theNice 6cean@

If the peop!e o#ed5 they wou!d no !onger be the ?,eople at the Nice 6cean@A Sothe Weapeeoc wou!d reain the nae of the nation for those who choose to stayand continue the !ega! fight for our rightsA

The 'an;to"ghEue'end tribe was chosen to be the princip!e tribe of those insearch for a new hoeA There were any capab!e !eaders aong the Weapeeoc5any were better !eaders than the Laster Line was5 or turned out to beA Rather thechoice was based on the nae of the tribe and our historyA

'an;to"ghEue'end eans ?(pirit of )er the Earth@ and we wou!d becoe

rest!ess Spirits upon )er the arth5 wandering5 rest!ess spirits searching for ahoeA In ancient ties when we were noads wandering the arth5 the .ear C!anwere the !eaders of the peop!e5 and so it wou!d be againA The .ear C!an was theprincip!e C!an of the 'an;to"ghEue'end tribeA

The 'oorish=Is!aic Connection

It was due to the 'oorish inf!uence that the 'an;to"ghEue'end becae(nown as The Laster TribeA

The Weapeeoc tribes a!ong the !bear!e Sound had traded with 'oors and9irates before they e#er eet the ng!ish F1&GA The trade with pirates was noticed byoutsiders during the co!onia! period as we!!Y ?the !bear!e sett!eent cae to be(nown in Birginia as Rogues; )arborA ? F1,G

Soe of the 'oors and 9irates which traded with us a!so had wi#es aong thetribesA There is e#en a story that the faous .!ac( .eard the 9irate5 had aWeapeeoc wifeA

When 3eorge Durant and others estab!ished erchant f!eets5 the trade wentboth waysA -ur !ong history and interarriage with 'oors and 9irates ga#e our

erchant ships a degree of protection at sea other co!onia! erchants did not ha#eA

The 9eop!e that wished to find a new hoe!and traded to obtain supp!ies andso the 'oors cae into contact with Chief Laster of the 'an;to"ghEue'endA


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136ohn 3ibbs bought %22 acres on Whapopin Cree( in Caden CountyF1$GA )is son5 )arry 3ibbs is !ater !isted as one of the headen of the 8eopiA

139eter efferson5 father of Thoas efferson o#es to the !bear!e

regionA Whi!e he does not ha#e any (nown connections to the Weapeeoc5 he wou!dha#e seen a cu!ture there that be!ie#ed a!! en were created ep!ain Thoas efferson #iews on s!a#ery and hisactions with his own s!a#esA

.y this tie the Weapeeoc were not obstructing new sett!ers as uch as inthe past5 and soe were se!!ing their !and so they cou!d buy pro#isions for thee>odusA

140#en though the Weapeeoc so!d the !ast of their triba! !ands5 they sti!!

owned considerab!e pri#ate !ands and aintained a counity at IndiantownA

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Lord Dunore;s War

14war bro(e out between the co!ony of Birginia and the Shawnee and

'ingo /ati#e /ations o#er sett!eents south of the -hio Ri#er5 odern day WestBirginia5 Southwestern 9ennsy!#ania and Kentuc(yA

The Weapeeoc and our a!!ies had a!so started sett!ing in this area with theperission of !oca! /ati#e /ationsA They (new our story and how the co!onia!go#ernent betrayed usA We a!so stood besides our new a!!ies and fought in this waragainst the corrupt co!onia! go#ernentA

The Rare Laster surnae is found today aong the Shawnee for they acceptedsoe of us into their nationA We were brothers fighting hand in hand and soe ofthe arried into our peop!e as we!! o#er tieA

The Re#o!utionary War 177%174,

The Re#o!utionary War once again stirred hope in the hearts of theWeapeeoc peop!eA If ng!and wins and defeats the Traitors to the Crown5 sur!y theKing wi!! recogniHe usA

So once again soe of the Weapeeoc in /orth Caro!ina p!aced our hopes onthe Roya! *ai!y and sided with the Crown during the Re#o!utionary WarA ongthose that fought for the King was the noted Tory Chief Thoas 'cKnight ofIndiantownA

Chic(auga Chero(ee War 177617+%

We had a!so estab!ished re!ations with the Chero(ee and had been gi#enperission by the to estab!ish waystations for our peop!e e>odusA When warbro(e our we stood with Dragging Canoe and the Chero(ee on the side of theng!ish during the Re#o!utionary War5 but our the co!onia! go#ernent wou!dcontinue past the end of the Re#o!utionary WarA

'y cousin Chief Tecuseh .rownag!e has Chero(ee in his fai!y !inestarting at this point in historyA !so the rare Laster surnae is sti!! found aong

the Chero(ee todayA

The War of 141&

The King of ng!and had proised his nati#e a!!ies a /ation of their ownunder ng!ish protectionA The "nited States saw this as a o#e to oppose theirwestward e>pansion into Indian LandA The "nited States dec!ared war on ng!andA


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s !oya! ng!ish subects without a hoe5 this offer was too good to pass up5and we oined our /ati#e !!ies a!ong with the ng!ish to oppose the "nited Statesthat we ay fina!!y ha#e a hoeA

The Seino!e Wars 141$141+ 14,%14$& 14%%14%4

The Seino!e wars united S!a#es and Indians against the go#ernentA Soehistorians ca!! the first Seino!e War the 3u!!ah WarA The 3u!!ah were s!a#es whowere a!so IndiansA

S!a#es were e>pensi#e and since co!onia! ties5 the 3reedy !andowners andgo#ernent officia!s found a way to sa#e these!#es considerab!e e>pense bybreeding a!e frican s!a#es with /ati#e woen ta(en as s!a#esA

Copared to other countries in the ericas the "nited States iported on!y

a fraction of the s!a#es in the s!a#e trade5 and they were a!ost a!! enA The se!fsustaining s!a#e popu!ation of the "nited States was bui!t on breeding frican ento /ati#e woenA

"nder s!a#e !aw5 anyone born to a fea!e s!a#e was a s!a#e for !ifeA "nderIndian arriage custo5 anyone born to a /ati#e woan was part of her tribe andc!anA The resu!t was that the co!onies and !atter the "nited States had breed a/ation of .!ac( Indians who rose up in re#o!t and were aided by the tribesA

The Tyrant ndrew ac(son showed his true co!ors at this tieA )is hatred ofIndians was so great he wou!d brea( internationa! !aw and ris( war with both

ng!and and Spain to enter Spanish !and and destroy ?/egro *ort@ and e>ecute twong!ishen for he!ping the .!ac( Indians thereA

The Weapeeoc had a!so e>p!ored south !oo(ing for a new hoe!and and gotin#o!#ed in these warsA Soe of us did so intentiona!!y to he!p free our re!ati#es whohad been ens!a#edA The rare Laster surnae is found aong the Seino!e 9eop!e aswe!! because of this period in historyA

The Indian Reo#a! ct of 14,2

The Tyrant ndrew ac(son wou!d again defy the Law and the Supree Court

in his #endetta against /ati#e peop!eA 'any of our peop!e were !i#ing aong thesouthern tribes and nations and suffered with the through the atrocities of Indianreo#a!A

The fact that the erican 3o#ernent honors this tyrant by putting his faceon the Z&2 bi!! is an affront to both /ati#e ericans5 frican ericans andanyone who #a!ues ora!s and usticeA


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The tribes of the Weapeeoc were scattered aongst the /ati#e /ationsaffected by re!ocation and soe of us suffered that reo#a! with the and becaeabsorbed into their nationsA

The rarity of the Laster surnae has been #ery usefu! in researching suchconnections and the Laster surnae is found aong other tribes coast to coastA

1835/orth Caro!ina passed a constitutiona! aendent prohibiting IndiansMand .!ac(sN fro votin!# servin! on Curies# testifyin! a!ainst whites# bearin! arms#and learnin! to read and writeA F17G

This forced near!y a!! of the reaining Weapeeoc out of /orth Caro!ina andthe hea#iest period of igration was at this tieA .y 14$2 ost had gotten out ofthe State if at a!! possib!eA

If your fai!y ancestors !eft /orth Caro!ina fro 14,% to around 14$25 theyay ha#e had a rea! good reason for itQ

'odern )istory

/ot a!! of the Weapeeoc !eft the !bear!e region of /orth Caro!ina5 I a!readyentioned the branch of the Laster tribe that stayedA The Shi!oh Church reained acounity center for 8eopi Tribe descendantsA In 1462 there were $$4 ebersand 7+ of the ebers were considered co!ored5 F17G The post office at Indiantownreained open unti! 1+,$A The 8eopi tried to gain support for recognition throughthe .ureau of Indian ffairs M.IN fro &226 &21,A )owe#er recognition through

the .I is huge!y unpopu!ar aong the Weapeeoc5 and they ne#er got the supportthey needed aong the other tribes of the nationA

Li(ewise y cousin Chief Tecuseh .rownag!e and the rie 'ound.ui!ders tribe ha#e no interest in recognition through the .I5 and they are nota!one in this sentientA Recognition through the .I is a!ost uni#ersa!!y opposedby the Weapeeoc peop!eA

The period starting with the 1+%2;s to now has been the hardest in any waysfor the scattered tribes of the WeapeeocA Ti!! then it was easy to aintain ouridentity5 we !i#ed in counities and (ept in contact with one anotherA

Census records of y fai!y show this and recorded the sae peop!e indifferent !ocations fro census to census5 they who were with re!ations in otherstates or counties at the tieA 'y 3reat 3randfather tra#e!ed e>tensi#e!y ost of his!ife aintaining contact with #arious groups5 as did y grandfather for the first ha!fof his !ifeA


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During the 1+%2;s y 3randfather feared that we wou!d !ose our identity ifwere o#ed to the big cites for obs and !ost contact with each otherA )e tried tocon#ince peop!e not to !ea#e5 but in the end he cou!d not e#en stop his own wifefro o#ing to Detroit for wor( and ta(ing his son and daughter with herA )e

becae a drun( after that and died in 1+64A

In a !ong and sad ta!e I wi!! not bore you with5 y 3randfather and y *atherfought and y Dad and 3randother disowned hi5 his fai!y and the tribeA Sti!!5y Dad did his best to teach e about y heritageA

.ut y grandfather did not rea!iHe how resi!ient our peop!e areA Soe did get!ost in the re!ocation to find obs5 but others reconnected in those p!acesA branchof the Laster tribe fored in Detroit and they are now part of the rie 'ound.ui!dersA 'y ?unt -!!ie@ wou!d eet e after schoo! in Detroit and wa!( e hoete!!ing stories of our peop!e5 and soeties bring another e!der with herA

When I o#ed bac( to 9aducah Kentuc(y5 ost of the tribe there had !eft5on!y a few friends fro y chi!dhood suers there reainedA I was shoc(ed whenyears !atter an Indian wa!(ed into y shop and ga#e e the Sciitar which hadbeen passed down since the 1722;s fro Chief to ChiefA

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References:

F1G page %11 fro Ca#a!iers and 9ioneers bstracts of Birginia Land 9atents and

3rants 16&,1666 by /e!! 'arion /ugent5 1+4,

F&G 1666 ap of Caro!inahttp:==freepagesAgenea!ogyArootswebAancestryAco=Uainegenie=)ILT-/Aht

F,G http:==nati#eheritageproectAco=&21$=2%=16=powhatantreatyoctober16$6=

F$G Tony Seybert (lavery and Native %mericans in British North %merica and the;nited (tates4 AHH to A2F

http:==webAarchi#eAorg=web=&22$242$221%&&=http:==wwwAs!a#eryinaericaAorg=history=hsesindianss!a#eryAht

F%G Dina 3i!ioWhita(er The "nto!d Story of erican Indian S!a#eryhttp:==nati#eaericanhistoryAaboutAco=od=contro#ersies=a=The"nto!d

)istory-fericanIndianS!a#eryAht

F6G Wi!!ia 'oreau 3oins5 9hADA The *or!otten (tory of %merican Indian (laveryTeachers 3uide5 South Caro!ina Indians Today

http:==wwwApantriba!confederacyAco=confederacy=usefu!=pdf=indians!a#eryApdf

F7G .erry .rewton %lmost WhiteSocia! Sci