Indians Nearly DESTROY Colony | The Yamasee War 1715-1717
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- Опубліковано 5 лис 2022
- 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
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'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
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Estimated Population of American Colonies 1610-1780
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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
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Thirteen Colonies Population
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This Torrent of Indians: War on the Southern Frontier, 1715-1728 by Larry E. Ivers (Book)
Yamasee War
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The Yemasee War 1715-1717
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The Yamasee War: A Study of Culture, Economy, and Conflict in the Colonial South by William L. Ramsey (Book) - Розваги
Your series has been an eye opener: I live in the UK: my understanding of the "Cowboys and Indians" era had been 'white people stole their land and drove them into reservations'. Realising that the history is a lot more complicated and less black and white (by a long shot) has been a real opener. Incredible work - thank you.
Ofc there are a few times where the simplification rings true, not really under British rule but especially the further in time you get like the 1800s
UA-cam Dane Calloway to really have your mind blown
@@dredavinci1 Thank you.
@@Threezi04it doesnt though. The precedent of native threats to whites continues to be a strong motivation to not allow them the opportunity to ever pose such threats again. Like with the roman conquest of gaul. Rome’s sacking by Brennus was centuries prior but loomed in roman minds and, while not the whole of the motive, did rationalise romans’ preemptive conquest. Its stupid to even refer to a specific example as this is a constant in history. Making your “tribe” as strong and rich as can be with neighbors pacified was a safeguard against suffering oppression oneself
the best way to think of history is like real life because it is real life. try to explain all of your complex life decisions in the past year in the most simple way possible and dont put any bias on it towards your choice in the decision.
I am from SC. Ancestry goes back to the 1600s. Great stuff. So much going on. The Ani Yun Wiya also fought in this war. Years later there are also crazy stories of Colonial govenors kidnapping Tsalagi chiefs and holding them ransom. So much amazing history that most have no idea.
This is definitely one of my new favorite channels on UA-cam. If you’re looking for recommendations I’d recommend Kiefts War up in New York or La Salles journey down the Mississippi.
It is great to hear that. Thank you. I have never spent any time on Kiefts War but it is right down my alley. I have spent a lot of the last few weeks reading about colonial New England and a lot of the Native American conflicts there prior to 1700. La Salles would be fun to. Those old explorers are so interesting. Getting to see things no westerner had ever seen before. Nothing like that now that I can think of.
God bless you sir for being an honest commentator. This is very rare in these troubled times. True history (if there is such a thing) has no heroes or villains, only protagonists. As you note throughout your presentation, we are dependent on the accounts of others for our story, others who of course have their own prejudices and biases. Thanks for giving a balanced account, especially at the end.
There’s ton of accurate history like this on YT and elsewhere. Sadly, when we’re little kids, school teaches us a very sanitized, one-sided story.
"The Yamasee Indians were known afterwards as the fiercest of the Indian tribes in the South." Anton Treuer, The Indian Wars.
And they were BLLACK
@@noname6339 And those SLLAVERS were DEEFEATED.
@@jonathancebonus9317who's paying who reparations?
So many moving parts during this period of time. The violence people saw and inflicted during this time period is a little wild to think about today.
It’s crazy to think about. The thought of raids in the night were just a part of life. For some people it was until around 1900. We live in such peaceful times by comparison. Thank goodness.
@Dates and Dead Guys. Apache raids into the 1920's. That episode blew my mind. Awesome work. It's a crowded space, but this channel stands out.
That’s what I am trying to do! Thank you.
But 6 delinquents ended by light skinned cops calls up for burned cities right? Lol
Western and northern Canada is still kinda like the Old West. I grew up in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta and the territories of Yukon and Northwest. Many times during dry spells between jobs, I'd hunt and cure skins to make leather, and sell them to intermediaries I know. In Canadian dollars I made: $8/raccoon skin, $14/buckskin, $21/coyote/wolf skin, and $2 per each little animal skin (rabbit, beaver, muskrat, groundhog, mole, etc)
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You are the best early-American, American-Indian history channel because you speak facts and show illustrations and you don't confuse us with legends and myths!
That is very high praise. Thank you. It means a lot. I am super interested in the fact people still know how to do things like cure skins for everyday life. I have always found the wilderness in Canada awesome, although I have never been there.
@@datesanddeadguys My pleasure. ... The Canadian wilderness is most likely the last pristine almost untouched nature in the world. In some places, you can go a thousand kilometers in any direction and you will never see or meet another human. It is a place you can feel like Davey Crockett or Lewis and Clark, or any other great American explorer! Research and study survival methods before you come because in the great Canadian wilderness, you are on your own. For your first time, hire a professional armed guide/tracker. Best of luck in your future adventures!
Thanks for the advice. It crazy to think in a world with 8 billion people there are still places that people have either never been or haven’t been for thousands of years.
@@datesanddeadguys You're welcome! Yes, it is amazing to find no man's land in this modern age. That's what I love about Canada; in the city, I'm a regular Joe, in the backwoods, I'm Daniel Boone.
@@crusader.survivorfunny how the Americans never got reparations for what the indians did
found your channel a few days ago and i’ve almost watched every video already. i appreciate how you combine good story telling with historicity and then explain it in the context of the times. something many people just don’t understand. obviously i don’t agree with senseless murder, but i also didn’t grow up with constant raids and fear, just homesteading. it’s easy to boil it down to the bad actions and demonize early settlers, but obviously we didn’t just have multiple generations of psychopaths. so sir, i appreciate you humbling those who hear stories like these and think they are above any of this. keep up the great work!
One of my favorite questions when I think of history is simply “What would you have done?” That of course encompasses the entire life experience of whoever or whatever group you are thinking about. It’s grounding. especially in comparison to how easy I have it today. Thank you for watching. Sorry you ran out of content. I’m working on more.
@@datesanddeadguys your videos definitely help me realize how lucky i am to live when i do. the brutality of life not so long ago is shocking. and no worries about running out of content, you clearly take your time researching and editing these videos. quality>quantity any day
Thank you for the lesson. I don't recall ever being taught about the enslavement of the Natives in SC. Love the old maps and the period images, quotes from people who were there. You didn't lie about telling the story as you would to your friends w/ the humor/graphics. Thumbs up!.
I love your work. I wish you would leave your great graphics up for a little longer. You are thoroughly entertaining! I am impressed by every video please do not stop. Do you have a website or blog ? Best wishes for continued success, from a fan in Australia 🇦🇺
I appreciate the praise. I am very new to editing and still trying to get a better feel for what looks good on screen and make better plans on what I want to show people when I write. So hopefully the graphics piece will improve in time. I don’t have a website or blog, yet. I would like to put some time aside in the next year to build one out and offer some information that doesn’t make the episodes or other things that come to mind. Once I publish one I am sure I will elude to it in my content for bonus features. All in good time. Thanks for watching. Australia rocks.
@@datesanddeadguys all the maps and illustrations are so captivating. No complaints at all except that I want more . I pause on every illustration and map, fascinating!
Thanks for your work!
I particularly find this story interesting because I'm from South Carolina and anything regarding SC history is always of interest to me!
I live in South Carolina. It is wild how little attention the Yamasee War gets. It was so close to lights out for the colony.
It should have been. They came so close.
Great story ! Keep ‘em coming !
I appreciate it. You too!
Keep it coming. Thanks
Absolutely.
Excellent work, thank you!
Wow great video man. Awesome stuff
Your Channel is Dope !! I'll always watch your content
Really good work
Great story. Very educational. Thanks for your work and sharing the information.
Your stories my friend are great.
Glad I found this channel
I really enjoy your channel I am a trkr and watch while having dinner in my trk after a long day. I Pace myself and don't watch more than 2 at a time. So I have more to watch. It's Very fascinating that I will watch episodes more than once.
Thank you
Very interesting!!! You should do individual videos on the more prevelent indian battles of the time. Like a 15-20 min vid on the french and indian wars. Youd do a great job of it.
...interesting stuff...kind of close to home as I have ancestors from both sides of the game. I appreciate your relatively balanced presentation.
Good stuff, I’ve never seen anything on this .very interesting
Right. It’s very strange how little attention this gets when other conflicts like the Tuscarora War, Queen Ann’s War, and King Phillip’s War are much better known.
Your presentations are superb. Detailed, yet concise, crisp, no-nonsense, and indispensable to a truly necessary understanding of a neglected - may I say willfully neglected - history of America. Well done.
An episode on French Canadian allied natives like Mohawks would be very interesting to hear
I find this interesting because my ethnic group was a part of this war and the fact I have Indian lineage and heritage.
Fascinating story, I've never heard about this before. Excellent video, have a new sub! I'll be checking the other uploads out as well!
Thank you, sir! It was baffling to me while doing research on this that it isn’t better known. It was a massive conflict.
It blew me away when I was on the congress.gov website and read bill HR 1514 and it clearly stated that the yamasee were black Africans that were here before Europeans
@@vladimarervin50831:45 what is the indian slave trade ? And yes this south Carolina place is fascinating
@@londonbowcat1 the Europeans way of life bka colonization took hold and took over any local customs or traditions
Keep making the videos on this topics, because at least for Europeans like me, this part of history is completely unknown
It is wild to me how little this event is studied in American history. The colony was so close to being destroyed.
@Dates and Dead Guys During the past 2 years since I came to America, I learned that Americans don't like Truth. If the Truth is replaced with some good myths, it would be still okay. However, all I see and hear are childish and Holywood style stories and all the people are using the same lies and nobody is authentic anymore.
Topics like this are not studied, because of complexity. There are no Indians living in harmony. There are no brave explorers. There are no patriots. The only thing there is a complex reality of existence.
This is why stories like this are unforgettable and worth knowing.
Fantastic channel. If I may suggest a few visual things. A text would be easier to read if the background is low contrast (faded) and doesn't move (15:33) . The maps would be easier to follow if we can see the whole map at once and it wouldn't move (2:14). I hope this will help bring more audience to the channel and good luck with next videos!
Crazy to think this was one of those many dominos that contributed to the cup running over into the eventual US Civil War a century later. If they had managed to continue enslaving Native Americans, the demand of African Slaves go down. And what state seceded first, and fired the first shots at Fort Sumter? Yep, S. Carolina.
When u can help people connect these seemingly separate threads, ur are doing good history work man. Glad I came upon ur channel.
Native American history is a subject I find deeply fascinating. The subject by itself is interesting, but in a way it is also a record of historical behavior that helps explain the tribal cultures of European pre-history. Indeed it also provides an interesting comparison to neo-tribal groups that have taken root in Europe since the Victorian era. I look forward to more content from your channel.
This is a subject I am glad I found from your channel. My family arrived in 1629 in MASS in Salem colonists. The 1 good thing about being a British rule was everything is documented. 13th generation and no history of slavery in family and it would of been documented. People think that slavery was treated the same in all 13 colonies but it wasn't. Most northern colonies treated people as equal. Every colonie had 3 types of residents 1 was British military and they could own and usually had slaves in higher ranking officers. 2nd group was the loyalists and they administration British laws and business. Both of these groups were the minority of population. 3rd was the colonists and they came for a freer life than in Britain and opposed slavery. They had to abide by British law and also made there own rules. Owning was against their rules and you would be shunned for it if you did. The records are there to research and many critical conflicts were of people of all ethnicity showing that color was not an issue. Every time people talk on this issue they try and use southern colonies as representing all colonies
Like you, when I here anything aboutIndians! I always think of the Lakota. I love history, especially the old west and the Indians. We did them wrong, really wrong. They are a noble people. I can tell you about every Indian fight out west there ever was. I am glad I found your channel. May GOD bless you!
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@@shanebrown2009😂😂😂Simply put, & well said.
Could you do a video on what you know of the Catawba? I've been doing some research on them, and they are fascinating. Although a lot in information as never written down so there's not that much unfortunately.
If you have any names or stories for me to look into I’m always up for a little reading.
_It’s never a good sign when your Governor’s name is Craven and your military leader is named Chicken._ I wonder if when your beard started to grow you stroked your beard in the mirror and said “foreshadowing!!!”
The fact that more Natives were exported in slavery than were imported from Africa was an amazing fact I had either forgotten or never knew. Good stuff.
Love the channel. I read a book about this war and it was an account of a geechee slave and according to the account, the gullahs and geechees fought with the yamasee. Did u come across any account of the geechees during ur research?
Off the top of my head, I do not recall that. However, it does sound plausible that at least some of slave population in South Carolina would see the revolt as an opportunity.
Thank you for reporting this history. All we ever hear about is the Trail of Tears. I have a new appreciation for the colonists who survived the attacks by Indians
It wasn't an attack! It was self defense!
@bastiat4855 Self-defense is always ok, bud
A similar story with the Tuscarora war in North Carolina.
I found your video while researching all of these fake tribes popping up and the yamasee are popular for people to try and steal their identity
As a tribal member of a sister (non-extinct) tribe, I really appreciate this informative video!
Have you heard of Chief Sekhu Gentle?
@@nancydriver8850 he’s a fraud lol I’m actually doing a ton of research on him right now
The lack of numbers among the tribes was due to they being but a remnant of their former numbers. Diseases, brought by the white man to Central and South America, had precluded the arrival of the colonists to North America.
Diseases brought by the white man AND the black man, that is, from the eastern hemisphere.
Tremendous
Where can i read the Charles Rob or Rod letter in its entirety , please ?
Its quite tame compared to what they did to each other before the Europeans showed up.
Interesting how many times in the westward expansion this same scenario of botched agreements and treaties would repeat themselves. Guess some people just never learn . . . . .
19:10 a little correction "ye" when used as an article is supposed to be "þe" which used an archaic letter that was replaced in writing for some time by "y" used for the "th" sound in English, so it should be pronounced as "the".
"Ye" as pronounced here is an archaic word and was used as the second person plural pronoun
I've heard it from different sources, but the description of South Carolina goes like this.
"It is too large to be an insane asylum and too small to be a country," or something to that effect. Somebody else already may have posted that later on in the comment section, but I did not read that far.
This comment was made by Charleston lawyer who opposed South Carolina’s actions in 1861, 113 or so years after the topic in this presentation.
@@Dak36 Yes, I remember reading that awhile back. Thank you for your reply. That's one advantage of using Quora; the answers are quick.
I just found out my friend is related to Alexander Spotswood
So the injuns will create any excuse to be murderous. There's always a rationalization for the innumerable and constant atrocities that the injuns perpetrated against the pioneers and settlers.
This helps explain the often mentioned refrain ' the red man was incompatible to slavery ' which IMO in time led to the massive importation of black slaves who had no ties to their own land, this easier to control. Just an opinion. Interesting and thanks. ✌️
Driving Native Americans into debt to screw them over is also a factor leading to King Phillip’s War.
Incredible parallel with what the IMF has done with Ukraine.
Bro, do you have some injun blood?
Good cop Bad cop routine didn’t go down well 😮
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Around this same time wizard stuff was going on why u didn’t say anything about?
Wizard stuff?
“Murder anyone they could see” The Yamasee LITERALLY dissapearedminto slavery and genocide, and in the war of their extinction you claim they were “murderers” ?
The Yamasee didn't go extinct they fled more South into Georgia and Florida the rebellion continued.
@@xtraprebel6274 . Some became Seminole and Miccosukee
Yes, he just detailed the well documented fact that they were murderers.
@@Carlton_Wilson . Yeah..unfortunately people can become murderers after being targets of murder by invading new comers
Not once did you mention the Congaree people they fought beside the Yamesee, Cataba, Chicasaw, In 1700 they also agreed to build a fort for the colony along the congaree creek. When it was conplete they were not allowed inside. After the war some congaree were shipped to the West Indies, some joined the Cataba people, some were killed during the war. If you are going to tell the story please dont forget to tell the whole truth. I didnt here anything about ths Wateree people so many others that fought in the Yamessse war, to keep there birth land.
Bummer that they didn’t manage it. The world would have been a better place
Tim and Phoebe/Dane Calloway!
The creek tribe came together around 1725 the Muskogee Indians have five tribes that originated from that area of Georgia florida-alabama all the way out to Mississippi in far North as Minnesota do a little more fact checking
Gggggrandfather was John Frasier from yemassee SC chief warned him so him and gggggma escaped he was a Indian trader
I have some Frazers and Frasers in my genealogy from SC....I'll have to check on which area.
Imagine swimming with an arrow through your cheek and poking out of your mouth. Well, that’s how I had to get to school every day you young whipper snappers!
There was good agreements establish but if you're going to let your colonist children continuously trap on land that isn't theirs when they were warned again and AGAIN . & after you corral and steal pigs horses from native grazing lands. Yeah ya get fedup. youd be fed up just as they👍
Greed and poor economic policy led to war. Unlike places like PA where the Quakers made peace and fair trade with the Indians and had no issues.
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where is this guy getting these pictures from? a four year old?
Once upon a time. All parts of North America 🌎 🇺🇸 was known as "the frontier" it's part of the American ethos to consider the period of the "Old West" as epitomized by Hollyweird in 📹 movies 🎥 as the way it was. The early colonists had their struggles with the elements and the indigenous population in this case the South Carolina frontier. I grew up and live in SC and can say there are parts of my home state as wild as any other part of North America 🌎 🇺🇸!
2:50 Deer skin or "buck skin".
I like your style. No bais, let the facts dictate what occurred. Most people are scumbags. They are the cause of their own problems and blame others for their misfortunes.
"Minister Lajal"?
Interesting topic and very clear descriptions. I enjoyed this historical presentation.
Except I know what schizophrenia is and I have a friend who deals with it... and it's a sizable misnomer to call two people delivering opposite messages during negotiations, "schizophrenic."
I'll try to explain briefly why I'm writing... it's not too come after you, I promise.
Schizophrenia has more to do with auditory and visual experiences that aren't shared by others. That's a dumbed down explanation, and I know you meant no harm when you quoted whoever said it... but the editorial choice to include the quote was made by you.
I've learned a lot from my friend about the stigmatization of people living with mental health issues. Misusing the terminology obscures the real symptoms and creates distrust towards people who are coping with debilitating illusions and other symptoms.
I've learned that if I want to say something is inconsistent or unpredictable or chaotic, I use those words instead of misusing a term that I didn't fully understand.
But seriously, I truly enjoyed this history lesson and your delivery is highly engaging. I will be subscribing, and I won't make a habit of this kind of critique.
Best wishes!
And all because of debt and indentured labour. Once again we live in.a society whose currency is debt, yet we call ourselves an intelligent species.
My ancestors were yemassee
These tribes evil as hell man
Yamasee and Creek
Saying that the native Siberians were 'driven to fire the first shot' is misleading indeed. Being told over and over you must pay your debts, the ones that you agreed to, isn't exactly being backed into a corner. These scattered Mongol tribes pulled these shenanigans constantly, and would resort to a level of brutality beyond the ken of the Europeans. They would not fight man to man, as per the knightly credos, but slaughter women and children and revel in their bloodletting. Chivalry between armies did not exist. And you're right, when a group or tribe of Mongols were soundly thrashed they gave up the encounter as counter productive.
My home lands and my ancestral people. Thanks for the history. They still hold history tours with the Yemassee in SC
3:53 The yamasee arent a mishmash of several groups they are the original group the yamasee would go on to become the seminole semanoli which is a mishmash of several groups
Maybe not Yamasee but the Yamacraw certainly were.
As a child learning about history in school I would hear about the savages attacking the early colonies I did not understand tell I became an adult the savages were protecting their land and way of life from the colonies
NOtice the name "Yamasee"? Doesn't it sound a lot like Yamaha?? Did you know in Alan Eckert's great research novels he writes of an Indian named "Honda"? Did you know Thomas Jefferson believed they were people from Mongolia. Jefferson had done more research on these people than anyone in human history. He believed they were Asian descent. If you want to get the facts, go to Creation Science & see the videos by the PhD Dr. Jeansen (Harvard grad) who is doing the cutting edge genetic studies on these so called "native Americans". (Mayans were here before.)
Now why isnt Yamasee war in the african american museum and skip over indian slavery ?
Because of Chattel Slavery.
@@FBGII chattle slavery still has indians as majority slave so that makes zero sense
Sometimes they were assumed to be Seminole.
@@AshaBlack-wy3ol the seminole are yamasee
@@AshaBlack-wy3ol seminoles just means marooned runaway slaves who spin off mvskoke
What is your take on Black people on UA-cam claiming to be Yamasee?
if i shaved my butt fro i wonder what i could trafe it for
It’s pronounced Charleston
Natives forgot to make a wall on d coast lol 😅😅😅😅😅😅
U tell black Americans this they’ll act like it was them 😂
It was
Are very many Jews money lenders? I wonder if that had anything to do with it.
Took our lane then acting cool as fuck with us these days fuck y’all
Lol a bunch of whitewashing smdh
There was a time when it was sexy to be Irish and Southern, and the North all stuck-up Anglicans.......Now the South is all Anglo racists and the North irish/Latino freedom fighters....tempora mutantur.....
Anglicans were barely tolerated in New England
They were Congressional Theocracies except RI .
When the Revolution started in 1775 Anglican Churches were burnt .
What
Time for you to get back on your medication.
Gonna be a lot of retarded comments on this video😂
You must’ve did a lil digging for that info!! I’m confused why you keep saying native tribes and what not? That automatically gives people the impression that the tribes were composed of Inuit people. But the u.s. congress did an investigation into Indian affairs and said the Yamasi Indians were Negros.
“Minus the Indian slave trade”
You haven’t mentioned it yet but I do hope you’re fully intent on enlightening your audience of the fact that the “natives” had, took, and kept slaves of their own. I’m sure, though, that somehow that will be different. It’s only ever bad when Europeans do it.
Chattel slavery is the source of the criticism. Never before did slavery become a generational servitude, where one’s children children and so on would be considered one’s property.
But they say they wre peaceful and didn't do anything could they be emotional liers.