The Catawba Project
The Catawba Project
The Catawba Project
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During the 1750s, Scots-Irish settlers flooded across <strong>Catawba</strong> territory, establishingcommunities on upper Sugar Creek (present-day Charlotte) and in “<strong>The</strong> Waxhaws.” <strong>The</strong>sewere lands that <strong>Catawba</strong> hunters claimed and used regularly, and friction quickly developedbetween the new settlers and Indians. Because alliance with the <strong>Catawba</strong>s was critical to thestrategic interests of the Carolinas, the colonial governments of North and South Carolinafrequently interceded on behalf of the <strong>Catawba</strong> Nation, averting open hostilities with thenew settlers.