Strategic Alliances and Trail of Broken Treaties 1700-1799

1712

Tuscarora Massacre at Fort Narhantes (North Carolina)

Mouth of the
Mouth of the "Nuss" river. Image: Francis Lamb

The North Carolina militia and their Indian allies attack the Southern Tuscarora at Fort Narhantes on the banks of the Neuse River. More than 300 Tuscarora are massacred and another 100 sold into slavery (“List of Indian massacres”).

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