RAMLICO INDIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA

PAMLICO INDIANS BELONGED TO THE ALGONQUIAN LINGUISTIC STOCK. THEY LIVED ON THE PAMLICO RIVER. THEY ARE NOTED BY THE COLONISTS IN 1589 UNDER THE NAME POMOUIK. IN 1696 THEY WERE ALMOST DESTROYED BY SMALLPOX. IN 1701 THEY LIVED IN A SMALL VILLAGE. THEY WERE IN THE TUSCARORA WAR AND THE TUSCARORA AND ENGLISH PRACTICALLY ELIMINATED THEM. THE FEW THAT WERE LEFT WERE TUSCARORA SLAVES. IN 1928 THEY JOINED THE BEAR IVER INDIANS AND NUMBERED 1000. THEY WERE THE MOST SOUTHERLY ALGONQUIN TRIBE ON THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD.

DURING THE LATE 1700'S MOST OF THE INDIANS WERE INTRODUCED TO GUNS AND IRON HATCHETS, AND ENGLISH CLOTHES. THE WOMEN HOWEVER STILL MADE BASKETS OF RUSHES AND SILK GRASSES WITH WOVEN IN LIFE MOTIFS. THEY CREATED DUGOUT CANOES THAT WERE DISTINCTIVE AND TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY ALONG THE COAST. PAMLICO ARTIFACTS ARE FOUND IN NORTH ATLANTIC AREAS. THEY ATE CORN, FISH, AND AGRICULTURAL VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. BESIDES HUNTING THEY RELIED A GREAT DEAL ON HUNTING AND FISHING AND SHELLFISH GATHERING. THEY DRIED SOME PRODUCTS FOR PRESERVATION ON REED HURTLES. THE HATTERAS WERE PREVENTED FROM PLANTING BY THEIR ENEMIES AND NEEDED SUPPLIES FROM THE COLONISTS TO SURVIVE. THEY MARRIED INTO OTHER TRIBES. THE HUSKENAW RITE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN USED TO INITIATE BOYS AND GIRLS. IT WAS HELD DURING CHRISTMAS AND LASTED SIX WEEKS. THE CHILDREN WERE SEPARATED IN SPECIAL BUILDINGS OUTSIDE OF THE VILLAGE.

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