Catawba people
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Sep 18, 2026
speaker_2NARRATOR
Pursuing his route, he examined the country through which he passed with a military eye and selected the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers, the place where Fort Duquesne was afterwards erected by the French as an advantageous position which it would be advisable to seize and to fortify immediately.
speaker_2NARRATOR
1754, after employing a few days among the Indians in that neighborhood and procuring some of their chiefs to accompany him, whose fidelity he took the most judicious means to secure, he ascended the Allegheny River.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Passing one fort at the mouth of French Creek, he proceeded up the stream to a second, where he was received by Monsieur Le Rardeur de St. Pierre, the commanding officer on the Ohio, to whom he delivered the letter of Mr. Dinwiddie and from whom he received an answer with which he returned to Williamsburg, January 16.
speaker_2NARRATOR
The exertions made by Mr. Washington on this occasion, the perseverance with which he surmounted the difficulties of the journey, and the judgment displayed in his conduct towards the Indians raised him in the public opinion as well as in that of the lieutenant governor.
speaker_2NARRATOR
His journal drawn up for the inspection of Mr. Dinwiddie was published and impressed his countrymen with very favorable sentiments of his understanding and fortitude.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Appointed lieutenant colonel of a regiment of regular troops, as the answer from the commandant of the French forces on the Ohio indicated no disposition to withdraw from that country, it was deemed necessary to make some preparations to maintain the right asserted over it by the British crown.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Anxious to be engaged in active service, he obtained permission about the beginning of April to advance with two companies to the Great Meadows and the Allegheny Mountains.
speaker_2NARRATOR
By this movement he hoped to cover that frontier, to make himself more perfectly acquainted with the country, to gain some information respecting the situation and designs of the French, and to preserve the friendship of the savages.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
Visitors and locals alike have witnessed unusual glowing orbs in shades of blue, white, orange, and red hovering about 15 feet above the ground in Brown Mountain near Morganton, North Carolina.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
According to legend, a fierce fight between Cherokee and Catawba Braves on Brown Mountain resulted in numerous casualties.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
After the battle, Catawba women would search for their lost family members at night, using torches to light their way.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
Some people believe that the lights observed today are the spirits of these Catawba women, who were still looking for their lost loved ones.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
In 1771, German engineer John William Gerhard de Brom saw and recorded the Brown Mountain Lights in his journal.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
However, some doubt was cast on de Brom's account as he claimed to have seen the lights every night, which some speculated could have been distant train lights.
Greg GiordanoNARRATOR
They hunted through all the land south of the Great Lakes.
Greg GiordanoNARRATOR
Sometimes they fought with the Delawares, sometimes with the Catawbas, and again they would smoke the calumet, or pipe of peace, with their neighbors and give up the warpath for months at a time.
Greg GiordanoNARRATOR
But the settlers could never be sure of their intentions.
Greg GiordanoNARRATOR
Wily French agents might sow seeds of discord in the Indians' minds, and then the chiefs who had lately exchanged gifts with the settlers might suddenly steal upon some quiet village and leave the place in ruins.
Steve StocktonHOST
Visitors and locals alike have witnessed unusual glowing orbs in shades of blue, white, orange, and red hovering about 15 feet above the ground in Brown Mountain near Morganton, North Carolina.
Steve StocktonHOST
According to legend, a fierce fight between Cherokee and Catawba braves on Brown Mountain resulted in numerous casualties.
Steve StocktonHOST
After the battle, Catawba women would search for their lost family members at night using torches to light their way.
Steve StocktonHOST
Some people believe that the lights observed today are the spirits of these Catawba women who are still looking for their lost loved ones.
Steve StocktonHOST
In 1771, German engineer John William Gerhard de Brahm saw and recorded the Brown Mountain lights in his journal.
Steve StocktonHOST
However, some doubt was cast on de Brahm's account, as he claimed to have seen the lights every night, which some speculated could have been distant train lights.
John RawlHOST
Go check them out if you're able to get to North Carolina and see what they're all about.
John RawlHOST
Look more into the history.
John RawlHOST
I tried to find what Uori actually came from, that name, and from what I was able to discover, there's no definite definition if you will of what that term comes from or what Indian language of course you had Catawbas in this area of North Carolina historically Cherokees and maybe some other tribes also from that area but you you you can't go wrong any time of year visiting North Carolina but if you go just to the east of Charlotte Again, in that area between Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Raleigh, down into where Fayetteville is, you can find this beautiful God-made gift to North Carolina and the South, the Uwari Mountains.
John RawlHOST
And we hope you learned a little bit.
John RawlHOST
And Mike, again, can go check it out.
Amanda McNultyHOST
It has a cool scientific name, Ilex vomitoria.
Amanda McNultyHOST
Catawba Indians strike massive amounts of brewed tea in an annual purging ceremony.
Amanda McNultyHOST
but nothing in it causes vomiting.
Amanda McNultyHOST
Hollies are male or female.
Marissa D. ClearwaterNARRATOR
Handy was still Astley's partner in 1796, when the advertisements announce 35 new acts by Astley's and Handy's riders, and two surprising females, in addition to pony races, the performances of a clever little pony, only 30 inches in height, a performance on two ropes, and a novel act by a performer named Carr, who stood on his head in the center of a globe and ascended 30 feet, turning round in a most surprising manner, like a boy's top.
Marissa D. ClearwaterNARRATOR
Later advertisements of this year describe the amphitheatre as under the patronage of the Duke of York, and announce the special engagement of two Catawba Indians, both chiefs, of course, as American Indians and Arabs who appear in the arena always are represented to be.
Marissa D. ClearwaterNARRATOR
These copper-colored gentlemen gave their war dance and tomahawk exercise, and performed feats of dexterity with bows and arrows.
Marissa D. ClearwaterNARRATOR
The only mention of equestrianism at this time is that various equestrian and other exercises will be given by pupils of both the Astleys.
Solomon SmithHOST
They're Siouan.
Solomon SmithHOST
Catawba language speakers.
Solomon SmithHOST
You've got the Iroquois moving down the Warrior Path.
Solomon SmithHOST
The Great Warrior Path actually stretches from Iroquois and Canada all the way down to Georgia.
Charlie MewshawHOST
They were the absolute apex predator for deer and other wildlife.
Charlie MewshawHOST
The Cherokee and Catawba tribes incorporated cougars into cultural stories and symbolism.
Charlie MewshawHOST
When colonials began arriving, this created a...
Charlie MewshawHOST
Conflict between livestock handling and the natural apex predator.
Brandon SchexnayderHOST
Luckily, this time, she didn't have to do it alone.
Brandon SchexnayderHOST
According to modern tellings of the tale, before she set out on that arduous trek, she encountered a group of native people known as the Catawba.
Brandon SchexnayderHOST
The Catawba had lived throughout this part of the Carolinas for centuries, their ancestral homeland being centered along the Catawba River Valley.
Brandon SchexnayderHOST
As such, their communities were connected by an extensive network of trails and trade routes that stretched throughout the Carolina interior, which even included an important route known as the Catawba Path that went directly through Camden, the town where Agnes believed she would find her beau.
Brandon SchexnayderHOST
Now, over the years, the Catawba had developed a pretty formidable reputation as warriors, frequently defending their homeland against rival native nations, but their leaders also placed considerable importance on diplomacy, trade, and maintaining peaceful relationships with their neighbor's whenever possible, and so by the 18th century, they had developed long-standing relationships with European settlers in the region, trading with them, negotiating with colonial officials, and sometimes even serving as military allies of the British.
Brandon SchexnayderHOST
Well, upon meeting these native people, Agnes most certainly would have been a bit intimidated.
Brandon SchexnayderHOST
After all, back home in Scotland, she had never been exposed to such different cultures than her own.
Brandon SchexnayderHOST
But the Catawba welcomed her with open arms, and she was brought to meet with their chief, a man well-known in Camden history as King Hagler.
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