RE; Landed - NC vs Va First, I have not read the Spotwood document (15 Spotswood, vol. II, page 196). I just did a cut/copy/pasted off internet site , so certainly can't comment on Spotwood's Ironworks However, the letter addressed to the Commissioners of Trade & Plantation, dated Feb 7, 1715 looks like some sort of official document. I was just trying to figure out why the Tuscaruro Indians would have been referenced in association with first colony folks, as I have never heard of a Tuscaruro Indian conflict in Germanna area of Va. If they landed in Va safely, just don't understand why the reference to the Tuscaruro Indians. The Tuscaruro Indian Wars occurred in NC in the 1712-15 time frame and many people were killed and others fled the area. Of course, we know both Swiss & German folks in New Bern NC area during the Indian Wars. Perhaps this reference was just used to get Spotwood to "pay the freight" It certainly does not say they were in NC, but certainly implies they were in danger ... "they arriving also here just at a time when the Tuscaruro Indians departed from the Treaty" & "I did both in Compassion to those poor Strangers and in regard to the safety of the Country" -- Fred Duncan 136 Kirk Adams Road Angier, North Carolina 27501