If you all have some interest in the Daniels and the Cherokees I have some stuff on my web site at paynedaniel.com Two Daniel Chiefs as a matter of fact. Payne ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R. Clarke" <jclarke@rose.net> To: <> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [DANIEL-L] DANIELs on Indian census > Mike, > I knew they were warlike, which is what I implied. Those ROBINSON boys > in Charlton County, GA were folks not to be messed with. If my grandfather > was an example -- most of them spoke softly, carried a big stick and were > tougher than nails. <grin> > As for the DANIELS tied to some of these Indian families. My guess is a > lot of them just took the name of a well-known family from the area they > came from and the DANIELS were a pretty well known family of eastern NC. > There was a lot of Anglicizing going on in those days. > This is probably why we have a lot of different DNA strains floating > around in the DANIEL family, some Irish, some English, some Scottish, some > French, some German, some probably of Native American ancestry and some from > only God knows where. > > John R. Clarke > Thomasville, GA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Runforf471@aol.com> > To: <DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 9:57 AM > Subject: Re: [DANIEL-L] DANIELs on Indian census > > > As regards the Eastern NC Tuscarora Indians the following was included in > biographical sketches of Governor's of NC who lived in Bertie Co., NC > written by > John E. Tyler II: > > "The uprising of CARY (The CARY Rebellion 1710-1711) and his followers was > immediately followed by war, with the Tuscarora Indians and epidemics of > yellow > fever. Governor HYDE (Edward) fell victim to the fever and died September > 8th, 1712. Pending the appointment of a successor by the Lord Proprietors, > the > North Carolina Council chose an acting governor. Thus it was that Col. > Thomas > POLLOCK was elected to the Governorship, four days after the death of > Governor > HYDE. POLLOCK proved to be a man of force and decision. The war with the > Indians lasted well into his administration as governor. The Tuscarora tribe > was a > branch of the war like Iroquoian group. Lawson, our state’s first historian, > estimated their warriors at 1200, located in some fifteen Indian towns in > Eastern Carolina along the Roanoke, Pamlico and Nuese Rivers. Encroachment > by the > whites upon the lands adjacent to these rivers was the principal cause of > the > Tuscarora War. The population on the Bertie Peninsula and surrounding > territory, > however, did not suffer as severely as others, for the Tuscarora bands along > the Roanoke River remained neutral. This was due to the friendship and > influence of Governor Pollock with the Tuscarora chief, Thomas BLOUNT. As a > result > the morale of the people was restored to some extent when the colony was > facing > some of its darkest days." > > There are several stories about how "King Blount" of the Tuscaroras obtained > his English name but none proven to my knowledge. There were prominent > Blounts in Chowan and Bertie area at the time so its logical that he would > have > selected such a name. The English Blounts had ties to the POLLOCKS, WESTS, > WHITMELLS and others we see in early BERTIE. > > > Mike Daniel > > > ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation for longer than 5 days? Please unsubscribe > Click on the following link and your message is ready to send > Mail Mode: > mailto:DANIEL-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > or- > Digest Mode: > mailto:DANIEL-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > > > > ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation for longer than 5 days? Please unsubscribe > Click on the following link and your message is ready to send > Mail Mode: > mailto:DANIEL-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > or- > Digest Mode: > mailto:DANIEL-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe >