Fort Neoheroka
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Fort Neoheroka (or just Neoheroka, Neyuherú·kęʼ[1] in Tuscarora), or Nooherooka, is the name of a stronghold constructed in what is now Greene County, North Carolina by the Tuscarora tribe during the Tuscarora War of 1711–1715. In March 1713, the fort was besieged and ultimately attacked by a colonial force consisting of an army from the neighboring Province of South Carolina, under the command of Colonel James Moore and made up mainly of Indians including Yamasee, Apalachee, Catawba, and Cherokee. The 1713 siege lasted for more than three weeks, from around March 1 to March 22, 1713. Hundreds of men, women and children were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the fort. Approximately 170 more were killed outside the fort while approximately 400 were taken to South Carolina where they were sold into slavery. The defeat of the Tuscaroras, once the most powerful Indian tribe in the Province of North Carolina, opened up North Carolina's interior to further settlement. The supremacy of the Tuscaroras in the colony was broken forever, and most moved north to live among the Iroquois.[2][3][4] On July 17, 2009, the Fort Neoheroka Site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[5]
See also
- Colonial history of the United States
- History of North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina
References
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External links
- Fort Neoheroka Excavation and Artifacts, tuscaroras.com
- Nooherooka 300th Commemoration, www.neyuheruke.org
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- 1713 disestablishments in the Thirteen Colonies
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Conflicts in 1713
- 1713 in the Thirteen Colonies
- 1713 in North Carolina
- Forts in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Greene County, North Carolina
- Massacres in the Thirteen Colonies
- Massacres of Native Americans
- National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, North Carolina
- Native American history of North Carolina
- Tuscarora
- Colonial forts in North Carolina
- Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Native American genocide