Western frontier of South Carolina, July 1715 Northern frontier of South Carolina, May and June 1715 Southern frontier of South Carolina, April 1715 Location of Yamasee towns near the Ashepoo River, ca. 1711–28Ĭhart of Parts of the Coast of South Carolina, from Port Royall to Charlestown, ca.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Dataįront cover illustration: Complete Description of the Province of Carolina in 3 Parts, detail, courtesy of the Library of Congress Contentsħ: Preparations for Survival, May–July 1715Ĩ: Northern Indians’ Invasion, May–June 1715ġ2: Cherokee Expedition, November 1715–February 1716Ī plan of the town and harbor of Charles Town, ca. Published by the University of South Carolina Press Rowland, Professor Emeritus, University of South Carolina at Beaufort This book will be a classic of Southern history.” -Lawrence S. Ivers gives us an original and fresh, ground-level account of that critical period, 1715 to 1728, when the southern frontier was a very dangerous place. He also includes a detailed account of black and Native American slave soldiers serving with distinction alongside white soldiers in combat. Ivers shares stories from both sides of the battlefield-tales of the courageous, faint of heart, inept, and the upstanding. Ultimately, it was the individuals behind the tactics that determined the outcomes. The organization, equipment, and tactics used by South Carolinians and Native Americans were influenced by the differing customs but both sides acted with savage determination to extinguish their foes. Ivers’s detailed narrative and analyses demonstrates the horror and cruelty of a war of survival.
Named for the Yamasees because they were the first to strike, the war persisted for thirteen years and powerfully influenced colonial American history.
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Ivers examines the ensuing lengthy war in This Torrent of Indians. The economic and military relationships between the colonialists and natives were always filled with tension but the Good Friday 1715 uprising surprised Carolinians by its swift brutality. The British colony of South Carolina was in proximity and traded with several Native American groups. The southern frontier could be a cruel and unforgiving place during the early eighteenth century. “It is likely as fine-grained an account of the actions of the Yamasee War as we are to possess for decades.” - H-Net Reviews
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