More than 50,000 Indians lived in the area now known as North Carolina at the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. "The Formation North Carolina Coastal and Eastern Counties" examines the history of this Native American Indian population. It also focuses upon the formation of North Carolina from colonial times; tracing the origins of its earliest settlers, including Native Americans. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the number of American Indians on official census rolls had been reduced drastically, possibly due to the threat of removal of people identified as...

More than 50,000 Indians lived in the area now known as North Carolina at the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. "The Formation North Carolina Coastal and Eastern Counties" examines the history of this Native American Indian population. It also focuses upon the formation of North Carolina from colonial times; tracing the origins of its earliest settlers, including Native Americans. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the number of American Indians on official census rolls had been reduced drastically, possibly due to the threat of removal of people identified as...