tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67444099600845451.post5571833774393843123..comments2023-09-24T09:38:11.111-07:00Comments on Wandering through the NC Piedmont: Catawbas Pass through OrangeMark Chiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481176278686923107noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67444099600845451.post-64114307705126701482009-12-20T16:58:53.714-08:002009-12-20T16:58:53.714-08:00I think the events I outlined above are what Jean ...I think the events I outlined above are what Jean Bradley Anderson was referring to in Durham County: A history, when she wrote on page 26: "Fortunately the Catawbas remained loyal to their traditional friends . . . At first they performed their role as mercenaries faithfully, but twice on returning to their homes from Virginia they plundered frontier settlements."Mark Chiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481176278686923107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67444099600845451.post-63265256441718718892009-12-02T10:56:57.651-08:002009-12-02T10:56:57.651-08:00The "military" names of prominent Catawb...The "military" names of prominent Catawba Indians came from their attempts to fit in with the whites that moved into their area of operations. The head man or Chief of the Catawba was called "King", as in King Hagler (or Haggler). The Brits had a king and the Catawba felt that was the proper term to identify their leader. Further most of the early contact with whites was with military units. So, the lesser ranking but prominent Catawba took military ranks to identify their position among their people. <br /><br />Some of the more well known Catawba names were, King Prow, General New River, Colonel John Ears (now the family is known as Ayers), Capitan Peter, Capitan Quash, Capitan Redhead, Capitan Thomas Drennan, Capitan Oldham.<br /><br />The old Catawba were fierce warriors and felt they deserved the same respect as their white counterparts.Mac In Oak Ridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06398396045313822849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67444099600845451.post-784066719370709562009-05-26T15:36:11.932-07:002009-05-26T15:36:11.932-07:00So true, David. I stopped the Rights quote before...So true, David. I stopped the Rights quote before the end, but he finishes up that paragraph by saying (without the least bit of irony): "If in this time of danger the Catawba Nation had made alliance with enemy Indians and had taken up arms against the settlers instead of fighting valiantly for them, there is no doubt that many a family in the Piedmont, whose descendants dwell happily in the region today, would have been massacred."Mark Chiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481176278686923107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67444099600845451.post-11631061042399921902009-05-26T15:32:29.627-07:002009-05-26T15:32:29.627-07:00David Southern writes: "Now, as to 'dieti...David Southern writes: "Now, as to 'dieting the Indians'---I think this relates specifically to alliances made during the Seven Years War (1756-63), known locally as the French and Indian War. For sure, the Catawba were allies of the British and their American colonists, and other tribes such as the Iroquois confederation cast their lot in that direction. The Catawba, or Esau, were the dominant tribe among the Eastern Sioux-speakers, and they and linguistically related tribes such as the Santee, Wataree, Sugawee, Saponi, Shakoree, Eno, et al. had a long history of amicable relationships with the European encroachers. These are the people who guided Lawson (1701) and Barnwell (1711), and who fought with Colonel Barnwell (1711-12) and later with Colonel Moore to suppress their traditional enemies, the Tuscarora. In the F&I War, the Cherokee were also allied against the French, though less enthusiastically perhaps than were the Catawba. Anyway, given the time period of the items from the court minutes, I think most or all are specific to the war effort (including the stolen horse and Synnott, if the complaint was truthfully stated). The underlying story of those broken alliances is one of continuous treachery, calumny, and deceit. Ugh."Mark Chiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481176278686923107noreply@blogger.com