Indians Nearly DESTROY Colony | The Yamasee War 1715-1717

Between 1715 and 1717 a conflict raged between the tribes of South Carolina and the English Colony. Years of colonial abuses as part of the of the deer skin and Indian slave trade lead to battle. Early in the war, the Native Americans were able to take advantage of surprise and their overwhelming numbers. The vast majority of the colonial population was forced to retreat to Charles Town in order to make their final stand, die, or escape by water. The Yamasee war, called such because the Yamasee fire the first shot, is the closest any established English colony got to full destruction. Resources America and West Indies: July 1715, 16-31- Kettleby Letter ’America and West Indies: May 1715, 1-15’, in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 28, 1714-1715, ed. Cecil Headlam (London, 1928), pp. 161-182. British History Online - Charles Rodd Letter to his Employer on May 8 Estimated Population of American Colonies 1610-1780 The First Frontier by Scott Weidensaul (Book) The Grim Years: Settling South Carolina, 1670-1720 by John J. Navin (Book) Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 3, March 1715 - October 1718. Originally published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1924.- Kettleby Letter Thirteen Colonies Population This Torrent of Indians: War on the Southern Frontier, 1715-1728 by Larry E. Ivers (Book) Yamasee War The Yemasee War 1715-1717 The Yamasee War: A Study of Culture, Economy, and Conflict in the Colonial South by William L. Ramsey (Book)