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Locating American Indians along William Byrd II’s Dividing Line

Locating American Indians along William Byrd II’s Dividing Line AnGeLA CALCAteRRA University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The History of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina (c. 1730), William Byrd II's revised narration of the 1728 Virginia­ North Carolina boundary line survey, begins by emphasizing the multiple players who shaped both boundary lines and histories in colonial America.1 While Byrd constructs his home colony of Virginia as a natural entity, claiming that in the "early Days" all of British North America "went at first under the General Name of Virginia," he quickly undermines this preeminence by describing the complex interactions between various European and Native groups that defined Euro-American settlement (1). In particular, Byrd qualifies Virginia's established settlement in America based on relationships with American Indians. Byrd notes that the early English settlers at Roanoke were "either Starved or cut to Pieces by the Indians," and that the predecessors to Jamestown chose to search for "Wild Fruits" rather than plant Indian corn, which "Exposd them to be knockt on the head by the Indians" (2­3). Though Byrd grants that the Virginians and the Indians eventually established some kind of peace, he quickly asserts that this peace did not last because the English "disdained to intermarry" http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Literature University of North Carolina Press

Locating American Indians along William Byrd II’s Dividing Line

Early American Literature , Volume 46 (2) – Jul 3, 2011

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AnGeLA CALCAteRRA University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The History of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina (c. 1730), William Byrd II's revised narration of the 1728 Virginia­ North Carolina boundary line survey, begins by emphasizing the multiple players who shaped both boundary lines and histories in colonial America.1 While Byrd constructs his home colony of Virginia as a natural entity, claiming that in the "early Days" all of British North America "went at first under the General Name of Virginia," he quickly undermines this preeminence by describing the complex interactions between various European and Native groups that defined Euro-American settlement (1). In particular, Byrd qualifies Virginia's established settlement in America based on relationships with American Indians. Byrd notes that the early English settlers at Roanoke were "either Starved or cut to Pieces by the Indians," and that the predecessors to Jamestown chose to search for "Wild Fruits" rather than plant Indian corn, which "Exposd them to be knockt on the head by the Indians" (2­3). Though Byrd grants that the Virginians and the Indians eventually established some kind of peace, he quickly asserts that this peace did not last because the English "disdained to intermarry"

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Early American LiteratureUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Jul 3, 2011

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