Posted by Mike Shaffer on August 16, 2000 at 21:07:43:

The Eno joined forces with the Catawba, so I think that puts Barnabus where present day North and South Carolina come together. The Catawba were of Siouan ancestry and at the time that Barnabus stepped ashore they built their villages and tended to their fields along the forests of the Piedmont. The tribe that Potaka was chasing when Barnabus encountered him may have been one of the Algonkian tribes that occupied the eastcoast or even the Yamasee to the south. Its not clear if the Siouans came from the west and drove the Algonkians to the coast or if the Algonkians came down from the north and drove the Siouans west. A solid block of Algonkian tribes appears to have split the Iroquois into three distinct tribes with a common language, so apparently the Algonkians had a few victories before Barnabus arrived on the scene. The Cherokee and Tuscarora shared the same language as their northern brethren, who archeologically at least predated the southern tribes. Its thought that the Siouan tribes may have descended from the mound building tribes of the Ohio-West Virginia-Tennessee areas. The mound builders society seems to have disappeared shortly before Europeans started to settle here. The northern and southern tribes of the eastcoast were constantly at war...which consisted mainly of raids and ambushes of about 12 warriors. Many of the tribes wore wicker armor, which was kinda scarey looking, but befitted the rather dull tomahawks and knives that were in use at the time. I haven't read far enough along, but I'm trying to pick up the water route to determine which route Barnabus took inland. Ideas anyone?

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