. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. FIRST ON THE LAND. By Kathy Hart With much fanfare and hoopla, the United States will celebrate Christopher Columbus' discovery of America this fall. Although many historians now question that Columbus was the "first" European discoverer of this New World, we will nonetheless celebrate his voyage as the key event that opened the gate for European discovery and expansion. But as sure as Columbus opened the door for Europe to come calling, he shut it on those who truly had the right to claim the fo
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. FIRST ON THE LAND. By Kathy Hart With much fanfare and hoopla, the United States will celebrate Christopher Columbus' discovery of America this fall. Although many historians now question that Columbus was the "first" European discoverer of this New World, we will nonetheless celebrate his voyage as the key event that opened the gate for European discovery and expansion. But as sure as Columbus opened the door for Europe to come calling, he shut it on those who truly had the right to claim the forests and the plains, the rivers and the valleys as their own — the American Indians. With the arrival of the Europeans came deadly diseases, guns that killed, a growing hunger to own the land and an attitude of superiority and conquest. Combined, these factors proved fatal to vast numbers of Native Americans, who numbered 50 to 60 million in North America at the time of European contact, says Stanley Knick, director of the Native American Resource Center at Pembroke State University. Knick estimates that as many as 200,000 Indians representing three language familes — the Algonkians, the Iroquoians and the Siouans — inhabited eastern North Carolina. The Algonkians were part of a large population of Native Americans who lived along the coast and tidewater region from about the Neuse River in North Carolina to Canada. The Iroquoians — mainly the Tuscaroras — inhabited the inland northern Coastal Plain. They were part of a larger Iroquoian-speaking group of nations that included the Cherokees and tribes near the Great Lakes. The Siouans lived in the southern Coastal Plain from the Neuse River south. Their kinsmen also populated the Piedmont and other areas of South Carolina and perhaps Virginia. a SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1992. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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