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Bern. There was only one other town in the region, the town called Bath. The
town of New Bern had, at first, only twenty families. There were four carpenters
and joiners. There was a millwright, a shoemaker, a mason, a locksmith, a
blacksmith, a tailer, a miller, an armorer, a turner, a saddler, a glazier, a potter,
a tilemaker, a schoolmaster, a physician and a surgeon/barber. The remainder
of the settlers were placed on farms, each family receiving 250 acre plots ranging
up both sides of the Trent River.

Almost immediately a dispute arose concerning religion. The dispute was
between the Anglicans and the Quakers. The Quakers, who exercised excessive
political power relative to their numbers and material wealth, soon gained
religious control of the region.

However, far more important to the history of the region were the Indian wars.
No one living in North Carolina at the time was unaffected by problems with the
local Indians. Living in the region were the Tuscaroras, the Chowans, the

Pamlico, the Coree, the Neusiok, the Hatteras, and the Machapunga, to name a
few. Not only did all these tribes not get along with each other, most did not like
the whites coming into the area.

The Tuscaroras were the dominant tribe and history states they were provoked
and assisted in their wars against the whites by white fur traders in the region.
These fur traiders felt the growing settlements disturbed their trapping trade.

The Indian wars lasted for years. White settlements were devastated. Burning,
looting and killing were frequent occurrences. Treaties were signed and almost
immediately violated. Armies were organized. Battles were faught; some won,
some lost. In about 1715 the whites began to win more than they lost and by

about 1718 the wars were over. The Tuscaroras had lost.

Although the Tuscaroras agreed to peace, people were reluctant to try and settle
to the south of North Carolina. The already settled areas maintained guards and
patrols against the dangers of Indian incursions for months after the wars were
over and it took some time for whites to gather the courage to expand their
borders. Meanwhile, Craven County grew and prospered and was a fairly
civilized place to live by the time the first FOYs arrived.

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