Weetock
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| extinct as a tribe adopted into the Tuscaroras | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| North Carolina | |
| Languages | |
| unclassified | |
| Religion | |
| Native American | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tuscarora, Cothechney, Pamlico, Coree, and Neusiok |
The Weetock were an Algonquin related people, native to what is today, North Carolina. They inhabited the coastal plain of present-day eastern North Carolina during the late 17th Century and early 18th Century.[1]
History
Early contact
In the late seventeenth century, English colonists established plantations and trading posts along the Neuse River and Pamlico River, this caused Native communities to lose hunting grounds and agricultural land, putting pressure on the Weetock.[2]
Tuscarora War
The Weetock sided with the southern Tuscarora under Chief Hancock during the Tuscarora War, and lost the war alongside him. The tribe was presumably absorbed by the Tuscarora people.[3]
References
- ↑ Mooney, James (1910). Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Bureau of American Ethnology.
- ↑ "The Tuscarora". North Carolina History Project. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ Saunders, William L. (1886). The Colonial Records of North Carolina. Vol. 2. Raleigh: P. M. Hale.