Tuscarora Indians Wiped Out
By Jeannette Holland Austin Profile
The Tuscarora tribe erected a stronghold called "Fort Neoheroka" during their war of 1711 to 1715 near present-day Snowhill North Carolina. In March of 1713 it was besieged by a colonial army from South Carolina who were under the command of Colonel James Moore primarily comprised of other Indian tribes, the Yamasee, Apalachee, Catawba, Cherokee and others. It lasted for more than three weeks and hundreds of men, women and children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the fort.
Afterwards about 400 were removed to South Carolina where they were sold
into slavery. This was an utter defeat because it drove the rest of the
Tuscaroras into the North to live among the Iroquois. Thus, the defeat
of the Tuscaroras helped to open up North Carolina territory for
settlement for Europeans. Find the Records of your Ancestors on North Carolina Pioneers
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