Glad you liked this. I thought since the conversation had been going on about the Philadelphia Wagon Road, people need to know the Patrick/Henry/Stokes County connection with this. It's always good to share, because we all learn from each other and this information from our Regional Indian History is one of the major components of our educational programming for the Patrick County Genealogy Society and it exists nowhere else. Alpha Hiatt, Vice President Patrick County Genealogy Society --- Irene Underwood <[email protected]> wrote: > PS: Thanks for posting this. Really interesting. > Irene > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alpha Hiatt [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VAPATRIC] Great Wagon Road - Patrick's > Indian Heritage > > Indian Trails Along the Smith, Mayo and Dan Rivers > > The Saura Tribe was using a number of Indian trails > during the historic period. Some of these probably > had been traveled on for thousands of years. The > Tutelo-Saura Path was a section of a longer trail > running from modern Pennsylvania to Georgia. Coming > from the Tutelo town in the Roanoke Valley, it > passed > through the Saura town at Philpott, crossed the > Smith > (Irvine) River at the Great Indian Fields, passed > through the Saura town on the Mayo River, entered > North Carolina, led to the large Upper Sauratown > village, and crossed the Dan River. An important > artery in the native trade network, this trail was > later used by the Iroquois and other northern > Indians > after the 1670's to raid and make war on the Indians > of Virginia and the Carolinas. The English renamed > the road the Warrior's Path or the Iroquois War > Trail. > Indian hunting and war parties were still using > this > important footpath in 1728 when William Byrd II > passed > through the area surveying the colonial boundary > line. > Thousands of European settlers in the 1700's would > also make use of this trail and change its name to > Morgan Bryan's Road and the Carolina Road. > > Another important indian path in the area was the > Saura-Sapony Trail or Old Indian Trace. This road > ran > from the Lower Sauratown on the Dan River to the > Sapony towns on the Staunton (Roanoke) River and was > later used by the European pioneers moving down from > Pennsylvania and eastern Virginia. To the south in > North Carolina was the Saura Fork or Oconee Path > that > led west from the Occoneechee Path to the Upper > Sauratown, the Yadkin River, and the Blue Ridge > Mountains. > > This information was compiled by Doug Belcher who is > a > Native American Historian for the Patrick County > Genealogy Society and is very knowledgeable of the > Native Americans of Patrick County. This is from > the > Regional Indian History our organization distributes > at our meetings and public forums we attend. I hope > many of you will find this information useful and > learn from it. To learn more, check out Patrick > County Heritage Book Voume II. > > Alpha Hiatt, Vice President > Patrick County Genealogy Society > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick Co., Va. Genealogy (VaGenWeb) > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapatric/ > > > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick Co., Va. Genealogy (VaGenWeb) > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapatric/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

Are you familiar with the book - The Great Wagon Road by Parke Rouse, Jr.? Also, my mother was just here to visit and brought me a book called Virginia's Western Wars by Hammon and Taylor. I think she got it at the Wilderness Museum when her group made a trip there. I'm really enjoying learning the information in it. Irene -----Original Message----- From: Alpha Hiatt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 3:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VAPATRIC] Great Wagon Road - Patrick's Indian Heritage Glad you liked this. I thought since the conversation had been going on about the Philadelphia Wagon Road, people need to know the Patrick/Henry/Stokes County connection with this. It's always good to share, because we all learn from each other and this information from our Regional Indian History is one of the major components of our educational programming for the Patrick County Genealogy Society and it exists nowhere else. Alpha Hiatt, Vice President Patrick County Genealogy Society --- Irene Underwood <[email protected]> wrote: > PS: Thanks for posting this. Really interesting. > Irene > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alpha Hiatt [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VAPATRIC] Great Wagon Road - Patrick's > Indian Heritage > > Indian Trails Along the Smith, Mayo and Dan Rivers > > The Saura Tribe was using a number of Indian trails > during the historic period. Some of these probably > had been traveled on for thousands of years. The > Tutelo-Saura Path was a section of a longer trail > running from modern Pennsylvania to Georgia. Coming > from the Tutelo town in the Roanoke Valley, it > passed > through the Saura town at Philpott, crossed the > Smith > (Irvine) River at the Great Indian Fields, passed > through the Saura town on the Mayo River, entered > North Carolina, led to the large Upper Sauratown > village, and crossed the Dan River. An important > artery in the native trade network, this trail was > later used by the Iroquois and other northern > Indians > after the 1670's to raid and make war on the Indians > of Virginia and the Carolinas. The English renamed > the road the Warrior's Path or the Iroquois War > Trail. > Indian hunting and war parties were still using > this > important footpath in 1728 when William Byrd II > passed > through the area surveying the colonial boundary > line. > Thousands of European settlers in the 1700's would > also make use of this trail and change its name to > Morgan Bryan's Road and the Carolina Road. > > Another important indian path in the area was the > Saura-Sapony Trail or Old Indian Trace. This road > ran > from the Lower Sauratown on the Dan River to the > Sapony towns on the Staunton (Roanoke) River and was > later used by the European pioneers moving down from > Pennsylvania and eastern Virginia. To the south in > North Carolina was the Saura Fork or Oconee Path > that > led west from the Occoneechee Path to the Upper > Sauratown, the Yadkin River, and the Blue Ridge > Mountains. > > This information was compiled by Doug Belcher who is > a > Native American Historian for the Patrick County > Genealogy Society and is very knowledgeable of the > Native Americans of Patrick County. This is from > the > Regional Indian History our organization distributes > at our meetings and public forums we attend. I hope > many of you will find this information useful and > learn from it. To learn more, check out Patrick > County Heritage Book Voume II. > > Alpha Hiatt, Vice President > Patrick County Genealogy Society > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick Co., Va. Genealogy (VaGenWeb) > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapatric/ > > > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick Co., Va. Genealogy (VaGenWeb) > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapatric/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== Patrick Co., Va. List Administrator Barb Stanley [email protected]