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Queer john (2)
Friday, November 24, 2006 

Current mood:Reflective
Here are the actual statistics cited by Col. James Moore in regards to the Tuscarora lives he took at the battle at Fort Neoheroka:



{From Calendar of Virginia State Papers Vol.1 p.165}

27 March 1713

Ye 20th of this inftant I attack No-ho-ro-co fort on C[ontentnea] Creek & ye 23d In ye morning took itt, with y Loss of 22 Whit men & 24 more wond'd--35 Indians Kill'd & 58 wond'ed---Moft of ye Damage wee Rece after wee had Gott ye fort to ye Ground, which we Did in ye firft 3 hours--- I have little elfe to advise y Hon but that ye Qu of ye Enemies Deftroyed is af follows----Priffoners 392,Scolps 192, out of ye sd: fort-----& att Leaft 200 Kill'd & Burnt In ye fort------& 166 Kill'd & taken out of ye fort on ye Scout which is all;but My Servis to Capt. Jones, from your Hon ob Serv

JA:Moore

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Interesting....

So in raw numbers here are the stats on the casualties of the battle at the fort:

White men:
22 killed
24 wounded

Indians assisting whites (Cherokees, Yamassees, etc.):
35 killed
58 wounded


Tuscaroras:
392 prisoners (other records show these were taken to SC and sold into slavery)
192 scalps taken
at least 200 burned up and killed inside the fort
at least 166 killed outside the fort
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Posted by Queer john on Friday, November 24, 2006 - 10:37 PM
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