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The Indians were all found naked by Columbus an explorer.
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On July 8, the first kidnapping in America took place. Florentine explorers kidnapped an Indian child to bring to France.
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Ralph Lane leads an expedition to the middle of North Carolina looking for Gold and other expensive items.
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The white people finally return to the colony to find no one is left. There is no evidence of where they went or why.
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John Smith sent expeditions to the island but his people find nothing.
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The white people move in all along the coast and North Carolina.
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Chowanoc and Wepeamoc people slowly abandoned their land because they were forced to become slaves.
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Cherokee leaders visit the King they become friends and return all slaves.
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The population decreases due to smallpox.
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Waxhaw indians abandon their land due to smallpox.
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Another out break of smallpox reduces the popularity by half.
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The Cherokee establish a law code and the 'light horse guards" to maintain it.
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President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which means all American Indians to be forced out of their homes and to west of the Mississippi.
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Senate Approves the Cherokee removal vote by one.
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The killings of Allen and William Lowry spark what becomes known as the Lowry War.
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54 Cherokee people petition for funds for schools.
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The Indians construct a school on land donated by Green Martin.
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Two Tuscarora Indians, Eddie Hatcher and Timothy Jacobs held 17 people hostage to speak with the Govener hoping to publicize corruption and drug dealing.
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Harrah's Casino opens with 1,800 video gambling machines.