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Indians of Cabarrus Siouan Indians honied in the for¬ ests: llie Great Trading Path to the Indians crossed the County. Ki, DOUGLAS IMG UTS Author of "The American Indians in North Carolina" Before the first settlers arrived in colonial days to find a home in what is now Cabarrus County, Siouan In¬ dians claimed the land. These Indians, represented by nu¬ merous small tribes, inhabited the pleasant Piedmont country of North and South Carolina and Virginia. It seems that there were two divi¬ sions of this great stock of Indians, who were affiliated with cognate tribes of the Middle Western area. There is a tradition that the Siouan Indians were followers of the buffalo and they might have reached the southeast in hunting big game. The name Buffalo Creek in Cabarrus County indicates that there might have been once a hunting ground for the buffalo in this region. From the south came the Indians that left their mark on the Yadkin- Pecdec River. Remains of their settle¬ ments have been found. Most of the streams of Cabarrus drain into the Yad- kin-Peedee, along which extensive set¬ tlements have been noted, with much siamped-warc pottery and other evi¬ dences of a culture that came up¬ stream from the south. Rocky River, on the southern border of the county, has yielded traces of these Indians. There is good evidence also that the Catawba Indians, whose settlements were located for miles along Catawba River and whose hunting territory ex¬ tended for miles beyond, found good hunting grounds in Cabarrus County. The Catawba tribe was the largest of the Siouan tribes in Piedmont Caro¬ lina, numbering probably more than 5,000 at the coming of European set¬ tlers. Other tribes must have passed this way. The Saura, or Sara Indians, whose home in the sixteenth century was reported to have been near the south¬ ern border of the state, were later found along the Yadkin River near Salisbury and the Dan River far up country before they moved southeast and gave the name to Cheraw, South Carolina. Cheraw is another name for Saura. Certainly Cabarrus was well visited, for the ancient Indian trail, called the Great Trading Path to the Indians, ex¬ tending from Fort Henry, now Peters¬ burg, in Virginia, to the Catawba Nation, whose chief settlement was on the Catawba River below the state line, passed through the country on approximately the line of the South¬ ern Railway and the highway leading from Salisbury to Charlotte. I hc Great Trading Path was the ear¬ liest route of travel across the Pied¬ mont for traders, who led their pack- Nortk Carolina's Outstanding Hotels WHERE TO STAY Proven Brit Dr Patronage Теи AMIE VIl.LI.E ASHEVILLE SAGS HEAD KIN CESS ANNE HOTEL — Quiet, Comtorublc modem. Delicious food. Free parking. Selma and David Turner, QwncrvOpcrators. Tel. 3-6761. c Ton c< сем-икр- COLONIAL MOTOR COUR1 — 40 rooms with tiled baths, carpeted Hours, hot water heat, telephones. Reasonable rates. Good restaurants adjoining. ЦКККХЖВОКО GKEEXMUHU. KING COTTON— Famous wherever traveling men meet. Greensboro's newest; excellent service. 225 rooms with bath; circulating icc water. TiTErs О HENRY HOTEL— Greensboro's Largest Hotel— 300 Rooms, each with Bath — Air Conditioned * Bed-rooms. Conveniently located. HENDERSON HENUEHSOK ' ГШГ LITTLE HOTEL — Traveling men’s choice. Sanitary rating 97. Comfortable — hospitable. Tub and shower baths. Delicious home made rolls. I.AI'RINBCKO lacbisburTT PINE ACRES НО I EL COURT AND RESTAU¬ RANT.— Two miles south of Laurinburg. N. C. Evcrv room with private bath. No highway noises. MUKUANTOS MORGAN TUN MIMOSATEL— Morganton. N. C— 20 units with private baths — Telephone in each room — Lo¬ cation (important) One mile west on U.S. 70. _ _ _ NAGS HEAD ^AROLLNlAN — Write «or special fall rates at NC's finest beach hotel. It costs no more to get the best accommodations. Guide service. КЛ|-Е|СН RAl.kioH THE SIR WALTER — More than a hotel — A North Carolina institution— Finest accommodations. Air- conditioned Codec Shop. The center of everything. НОСКУ KUIXT" КОСКУ MOUNT ASHBURN'S MOTEL COURT— 40 modern hotel rooms, each with tub and shower, radio, P. В. X. telephones. Lobby. "An outstanding court.” SANFORD w .4 \NFORD w Tryon ILRIK — Sanford’s Leading Hotel for Commercial or Tourist Travel. 100 rooms. Air conditioned CoiTce Shop. Golf privileges. AK HALL HOTEL — "The House of Friendship." ' Open year round. Select clientele. Food unex¬ celled. A place to play or rest. Phone 10. WINSTON-SALEM M IN STON -SALEM OBERT Ё! LEE — North Carolina's finest com- mercial hotel; recently redecorated throughout. 350 rooms with baths; food-famous dining room. WI.NSTOX-*A-£W WLNglON.SAUre- EMBLY INN— Fine New 50 Room Motor Hotel- Member Quality Courts. Telephones. Lobby tele¬ vision. In town. Double and single rates. THE STATE. DECCMDCR a. 1951 о к