Humanity's Collapse

Croatan

The Croatan are a small Native American ethnic group living in the coastal areas of what is now North Carolina. They might have been a branch of the larger Roanoke people or allied with them. The Croatan historically lived in current Dare County, an area encompassing the Alligator River, Croatan Sound, Roanoke Island, Ocracoke Island, and parts of the Outer Banks, including Hatteras Island. The Croatan people who exist today live in Cumberland, Sampson, and Harnett counties predominantly.The chiefs, called werowances ("he who is rich") controlled between one and eighteen towns. The greatest were able to muster seven or eight hundred fighting men. Chiefs and their families were held in great status and with respect, but they were not all-powerful beings; in o… more »