USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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 Yamassee, and other allies on the other. This was considered the bloodiest colonial war in North Carolina.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1711, the Tuscaroras, who controlled most of the land between the Neuse and Roanoke Rivers, began a war with the colonists. In 1713, the government of North Carolina appealed to South Carolina for assistance.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shortly after the death of John Lawson in 1711, the Tuscarora chief Hancock organized a force of 500 warriors to drive out the colonists. On the morning of 23 September 1711, small raiding parties began assaulting plantations near Bath.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many colonists’ settlements were burned and the Tuscarora ax indiscriminately fell upon men, women, and children. In the end, English colonists prevailed. Captured Tuscarora were sold into slavery and those that escaped northward joined the Iroquois League.

Detailed explanation-5: -By mid-morning on 23 March they had routed the last of its Indian defenders. The Tuscarora War was over. For the Tuscaroras the cost was bitter: 1, 000 had been captured and enslaved; 1, 400 were dead. A handful remained in rebellion until February 1715, when a treaty concluded the war.