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    are arm’d against Hunger and Thirst: We do not so by them (generally speaking) but let them walk by our Doors Hungry” as he spoke about the Tuscarora tribe. The Tuscarora were a Native American tribe who lived in present day North Carolina.Their name derives from their use of hemp which translates in to “hemp gatherer”. They spoke an Iroquoian language that changed after they continued to migrate. The Tuscarora encountered European settlers in the 17th century and were able to maintain a positive…

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    Tuscarora Formation

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    The Tuscarora formation is a light-gray sandstone with quartz grains imbedded throughout it. Most exposed Tuscarora specimens were dark and weathered on the exterior but were light colored on the interior and comprised of fine to coarse grains. The Tuscarora formation is about two hundred meters thick. The Castenea formation is found in parts of the Tuscarora formation. It is typically observed as a dark brown-reddish layer binding a middle section of lighter brown fine grain well sorted…

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    Outline Where 1. Camp Tuscarora Who was there? 1. Pathfinders 2. Friends What we did 1. Water slide 2. Worship 3. honors I went to a camp called Camp Tuscarora. This was a time in my life that I will always remember. This camp was a very big and enjoyable camp to me. This trip was memorable to my life because it was a trip where I got to learn about God but, at the same time I was able to learn with my friends and be able to play around at the same time. One of my favorite memories at this…

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    2016/9/28 Jeff Chen Tuscarora and Yamasee War Since the founding of America in 1492 by Columbus, the conflict between Native Americans and the settlers has always existed. When the settlers first came to America, the Indians welcomed them to their land, but the disease that the settlers brought from Europe wiped out a huge population of Indians. The settlers went for land and fortune, they often enslave the Indians, take their…

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    Iroquois Tribe

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    Iroquois The “People of the Longhouse”, also known as the Iroquois people, are actually a group of tribes that is made of up of six tribes in total. Those tribes that make up this league are The Mohawk, The Seneca, The Onondaga, The Cayuga, The Oneida, and lastly The Tuscarora (they played a less important role than the others as they did not join in the league until the 1700s. These tribes were all run basically the same, but each had their individual parts to play in the league (Treuer 32).…

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    a. Baym). The Iroquois were originally made up of five (5) nations: the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onon-daga, and Seneca Indians. These groups later added the tribe of the Tuscaroras and thus formed the Six Nations. The Six Nations were formed around 1450 under the leadership of Dekanawida and Hiawatha. The Six Nations were referenced as the People of the Longhouse (Haudenosaunee in Seneca, and Kanosoni in Mohawk), mainly because of their type of housing. Longhouse, housing complex, housed many…

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    vanishing of the colonists wasn't looked into until decades after the fact when the colony of Jamestown was established, and anything could have occurred in that time.The colonists went to live with a native tribe for preservation and were eventually assimilated into the group. Many tribes declared to be descended from European ancestors, including the Hatteras Indians, who occupied on Roanoke or Croatoan Island. British settlers in the 17th and 18th centuries recorded meeting Native Americans…

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    Europe was the first actual settlement for North Carolina. This was established in Albemarle, around 1653. During 1663 somebody by the name of Charles gave 8 people acknowledgment allowing them to the “lords proprietors” of Carolina. This ended up dividing Carolina into 3 sections. Albemarle was in the North with a smaller settlement, while then there was Cape Fear, and lastly Craven, as we know as South Carolina. The Albemarle area in 1691 was named North Carolina and became a separate colony…

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    The Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy had a significant impact on their area of origin, upstate New York, and parts of the surrounding Northeast U.S.. The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora peoples comprised the Six Nations of the Confederacy after 1722. Their importance on the original American frontier varied throughout the decades of their prominence. However, during the onset of the American Revolution, the Iroquois faced a deeply troubling and confederacy…

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    Carolina, north Georgia, east Tennessee, and northeast Alabama, and claiming even to the Ohio River.This is the Cherokee word for God. Sometimes Cherokee people today also refer to the Creator as the "Great Spirit," a phrase which was borrowed from other tribes of Oklahoma. Unetlanvhi is considered to be a divine spirit with no human form or attributes and is not normally personified in Cherokee myths. The name is pronounced similar to oo-net-la-nuh-hee. Sometimes another name such as…

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