The Catawba Project
The Catawba Project
The Catawba Project
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1759 1762<strong>The</strong> devastating smallpox epidemic of 1759drove the <strong>Catawba</strong> Nation to disperse to breakthe cycle of contagion and death. <strong>The</strong> remnantsof the nation regrouped under Englishprotection at Pine Tree Hill (Camden) in 1760.By 1762, most of the nation had returned to itsold territory to form new towns near TwelveMile Creek (present-day Lancaster County).1760