Information gleaned from Richard Hathcock's Compilation of Information about the Saponi bands (Northern) of the Catawba Some information...

Surnames Associated with the Catawba and Associated Bands I promised a friend I'd make a list of surnames associated with the eastern...

Chapter 14. Congressional Document This document says it all, really. (291) (292). In this document, we see a lot about why the attempts...

CHAPTER 14; THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST, AND SETS IN THE WEST Pockets in the East -- Eastern Siouan Indian Communities East of the...

CHAPTER XII, IDENTITY CRISIS Origin of the word 'Melungeon'. There’s a lot of noise and confusion out there about the origins of the...

Ch. 11: The Melungeons Lewis Jarvis Article Most Melungeon researchers know about the Lewis Jarvis writing. About 1903 there was a...

CHAPTER 10; THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Lord Dunsmore's War Lord Dunsmore’s War broke out shortly after the New River Indians were said to be...

Chapter 9 – One Band of the Saponi Become the Melungeons From Saponi to Melungeon, Part 1 This section will cover the movements of these...

Chapter 8 – The Saponi [still editing] I have gone over one band of the Catawba who separated from the others. Another, the Saponi, did...

CHAPTER 7 – The Cheraw, The Pedee, and Small Pox Since there is more written about this tribe or band of the Catawba than many, I will...

Chapter 6; The French and Indian War 1754-1763 King Haigler A new leader arose amongst the Catawba, a man who gave them hope. He would...

Chapter 5; The Tuscarora and Yamassee Wars, and the War of Jenkins Ear The First Tuscarora Campaign The English were masters getting the...

Chapter 4; Indian Slavery in South Carolina The Indian Slave Trade by Alan Gallay Here are a few excerpts about Indian slavery from “The...

Ch3; Indian Slavery in Virginia It is well known that many American Indians were stolen and enslaved. But the slave dealers didn’t keep...

INTRODUCTION to the Introduction I have studied for many years now, about my own genealogy, and this led me to try to understand the...

CHAPTER 1; SPANISH EXPLORERS One of the most interesting things about the history of the Iswa/Yesaw/Esaw peoples of the Carolinas and...

CHAPTER 2; ENGLISH EXPLORERS Abraham Wood Abraham Wood was one of the earliest and least known of the Virginia Explorers who travelled...