Neusiok
{{Short description|Extinct Native American tribe in North Carolina}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
|group = Neusiok
|image = File:North carolina algonkin.png
|caption = 16th-century territories
of the North Carolina Algonquian, Weapemeoc near the mouth of the Neuse River
|population = extinct as a tribe
(possibly merged with the Tuscarora people in the early 18th century)
|popplace = North Carolina (Lenoir, Craven and Carteret Counties)
|religions = Indigenous religion
|languages = possibly an Algonquian or Iroquoian language
|related =
}}
The Neusiok were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands in present-day North Carolina. They were also known as the Neuse Indians.
Territory
The Neusiok lived along the southern banks of the Neuse River, primarily in what are now Craven and Carteret counties.John Reed Swanton, The Indian Tribes of North America, p. 82.
Their village, Chattooks, was near what is now New Bern, North Carolina.
Language
{{Infobox language
| name = Neusiok
| familycolor = american
| family = unclassified (Algonquian or Iroquoian?)
| acceptance = unattested
| states = United States
| region = North Carolina
| ethnicity = Neusiok
| extinct = by 18th century
| iso3 = none
| glotto = none
}}
Their language is unattested but may have been an Algonquian or Iroquoian language.John Reed Swanton, The Indian Tribes of North America, p. 82.
History
English explorers Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe wrote about the Neusiok in their 1584 expedition.
In one account, Wingina, Weroance of the Secotan (Roanoke), explained his own tribal history, in relation to the Neusiok, his neighboring tribe, referred to as the "Neiosioke" by Barlowe. According to Wingina, the Secotans endured years of warfare with the Neiosioke, and "some years earlier," he met with the Neiosioke king, in an effort to ensure a "permanent coexistence." The two leaders arranged a feast between the two groups. An unspecified number of Secotan men and 30 women attended a feast in the town of Neiosioke. The Neiosioke ambushed the Secotans at the feast, and by the time fighting ended, the Neiosioke had "slewn them every one, reserving the women and children only."Stick, David (1983), Roanoke Island: The Beginnings of English America, 36, 42, 50-51.
In 1709, an estimated 15 Neusiok warriors survived. The tribes' population fell dramatically after contact, and survivors may have joined the Tuscarora.
Notes
{{Reflist}}
References
- {{cite book|last1=Swanton|first1=John Reed|title=The Indian Tribes of North America|date=1952|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=9780806317304|page=82|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xpx6WoPz7xIC}}
{{Native American Tribes in North Carolina}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands
Category:Extinct Native American tribes
Category:Native American history of North Carolina
Category:Native American tribes in North Carolina
Category:Pre-statehood history of North Carolina
Category:Lenoir County, North Carolina