Marshall W. Williams
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813049069
- eISBN:
- 9780813046990
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813049069.003.0004
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Fort Prince George was erected and modified during the 1750s and 1760s to help control the South Carolina frontier. It underwent numerous modifications and was ultimately abandoned after a siege. The ...
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Fort Prince George was erected and modified during the 1750s and 1760s to help control the South Carolina frontier. It underwent numerous modifications and was ultimately abandoned after a siege. The fort was totally excavated prior to the site’s flooding by dam construction. Using personnel field notes and archaeological drawings, researcher James Hart covers the fort’s history and the archaeological work conducted at the site during the late 1960s (1966–68). As is the case with many of the posts covered in this book, there has been an effort to re-create Fort Prince George on the basis of drawings and a model. The actual site is now underwater.Less
Fort Prince George was erected and modified during the 1750s and 1760s to help control the South Carolina frontier. It underwent numerous modifications and was ultimately abandoned after a siege. The fort was totally excavated prior to the site’s flooding by dam construction. Using personnel field notes and archaeological drawings, researcher James Hart covers the fort’s history and the archaeological work conducted at the site during the late 1960s (1966–68). As is the case with many of the posts covered in this book, there has been an effort to re-create Fort Prince George on the basis of drawings and a model. The actual site is now underwater.
Daniel J. Tortora
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469621227
- eISBN:
- 9781469623382
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469621227.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter discusses the violence and unrest ensuing in the weeks following the hostage issue at Fort Prince George. Using violence and siege tactics in place of in effective diplomacy, Cherokee ...
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This chapter discusses the violence and unrest ensuing in the weeks following the hostage issue at Fort Prince George. Using violence and siege tactics in place of in effective diplomacy, Cherokee villagers burst into action against the British. The hostage crisis did not create a singular Cherokee nation, however. Cherokees still identified first with their villages or clans, then with their settlement clusters. But the hostage crisis did alter Cherokees' sense of themselves. It galvanized villages throughout the Cherokee settlements. And it pushed them toward unified stands not just on retributive justice but on other matters as well. Henceforth, they tolerated neither betrayal nor imperial arrogance.Less
This chapter discusses the violence and unrest ensuing in the weeks following the hostage issue at Fort Prince George. Using violence and siege tactics in place of in effective diplomacy, Cherokee villagers burst into action against the British. The hostage crisis did not create a singular Cherokee nation, however. Cherokees still identified first with their villages or clans, then with their settlement clusters. But the hostage crisis did alter Cherokees' sense of themselves. It galvanized villages throughout the Cherokee settlements. And it pushed them toward unified stands not just on retributive justice but on other matters as well. Henceforth, they tolerated neither betrayal nor imperial arrogance.
