End Notes: The Folly of Baron De Graffenried, Part 2
Abbreviations:
DGM: De Graffenried Manuscript; distinct from Todd’s historical writeup.
As dusk approached the edge New Bern – DGM, p. 261
handsome blue coat of their landgrave – Ibid., 262
six weeks earlier – Ibid., 271
two enslaved black men – Ibid., 264
finally yielded to Lawson’s prompts – Ibid., 263
lost himself in the woods – Ibid., 234
the baron complained – Ibid., 275
After the Tuscarora hosted De Graffenried – Ibid., 234-5
nothing to fear – Ibid., 263
about two weeks – Ibid.
near Grifton today – La Vere, David. The Tuscarora War: Indians, Settlers, and the Fight for the Carolina Colonies. 2013, The University of North Carolina Press, p. 37.
Nervous, De Graffenried – DGM, 264
King Hancock – Ibid., 265
Their first hearing – Ibid., 265-6
“visible sign of Indian land loss.” – La Vere, David. The Tuscarora War: Indians, Settlers, and the Fight for the Carolina Colonies. 2013, The University of North Carolina Press, p. 34.
got into a heated argument – DGM, 266
“saying that his lack of foresight” – Ibid., 267
a Native man in European clothing – Ibid.
The scene unfolded before the captive colonists – Ibid.
As the landgrave’s life flashed – Ibid., 268
At sunset – Ibid., 269
he noticed that one of the leaders – Ibid.
“I passed the night between life and death” – Ibid.
strict instructions to make no contact with Lawson – Ibid.
a distressed Lawson – Ibid., 270
being stuck with hundreds of splinters – Retrieved 7/6/25
was released, and disappeared – DGM, 270
The day after the execution – Ibid.
De Graffenried speculated – Ibid., 234
“the harsh treatment of certain surly and rough English” – Ibid.
spent six weeks in captivity – Ibid., 271
recognized some of the plunder – Ibid., 270
boots with silver trim in the mix – Ibid., 274
captive women and children – Ibid., 270
a boy from the land – Ibid.
The boy’s entire family had been killed – Ibid., 271
September 22 – Retrieved 7/5/25
130 people – Retrieved 7/5/2025
“without distinction of age or sex” – Todd, 82
De Graffenried’s captors flirted – DGM, 273
The baron observed – DGM, 271
found the people to be – DGM, 276
When the town was quiet – DGM, 271
negotiated his own terms of release – DGM, 281
“spare neither men, women, nor children” – DGM, 282
“Indian bread” – DGM, 275
Afraid of who else he might meet in the woods – DGM, 261
“There was great mourning, joy, and bewilderment mixed,” – DGM, 262
60 to 70 of his own settlers – Todd, 82
“What happened to me after my arrival among the Christians,” – DGM, 235