Interesting article from Wikipedia provides some detail about the raids: For the full article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscarora_War The Tuscarora War was fought in North Carolina <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina> during the autumn of 1711 until 11 February 1715 between the British <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain> , Dutch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands> , and German <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany> settlers and the Tuscarora <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscarora_(tribe)> Native Americans. A treaty was signed in 1715. The first successful and permanent settlement of North Carolina by Europeans <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ethnic_groups> began in earnest in 1653. The Tuscarora lived in peace with the European settlers who arrived in North Carolina for over 50 years at a time when nearly every other colony <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony> in America was actively involved in some form of conflict with the American Indians. However, the arrival of the settlers was ultimately disastrous for the aboriginal inhabitants of North Carolina. There were two primary contingents of Tuscarora at this point, a Northern group led by Chief Tom Blount <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Blount&action=edit&redlink=1> (pronounced Blunt) and a Southern group led by Chief Hancock. Chief Blount occupied the area around what is present-day Bertie County <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertie_County> on the Roanoke River <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_River> ; Chief Hancock was closer to New Bern, North Carolina <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bern,_North_Carolina> , occupying the area south of the Pamplico River (now the Pamlico River <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamlico_River> ). While Chief Blount became close friends with the Blount family of the Bertie region, Chief Hancock found his villages raided and his people frequently kidnapped and sold into slavery <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_among_the_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Am ericas> . Both groups were heavily impacted by the introduction of European diseases, and both were rapidly having their lands stolen by the encroaching settlers. Ultimately, Chief Hancock felt there was no alternative but to attack the settlers.