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. The victim maywell have been Harry, the brilliant architect of Neoheroka, whose subtillcontrivances for Defence thoroughly impressed Barnwell when he laterinspected the fort from inside.With the further handover of some mili-tant Indian leaders, it looked like Barnwell had exacted tough terms. " " Yethe knew that any settlement short of complete military victory would notplease his superiors.An aroused North Carolina Council had passed aresolution in February vowing not to grant peace to any Indian who hadparticipated in the September 22 massacre but rather to extirpate themaccording to the laudable custom of South Carolina. "d" The South Caro-lina colonel defended the peace terms, arguing, If North Carolina hadbut furnished me with but 4 days provision more I had in spite of allenemys, without firing many gunns more, entirely made a glorious end ofthe war. "e"152 - The Second Generation Satisfied with his accomplishments, Barnwell set o" for New Bern,planning to depart from there to South Carolina.At New Bern he ex-pected to receive payment for his expenses.Indeed, since he was nowamong those who coveted the rich farmland as a valuable asset, he evenhoped for a generous prize from the people of North Carolina in theform of Core Town.Unfortunately for both Barnwell and the Cores,Governor Hyde had decided that he wanted the beautiful bottomland.When the land grant reward did not materialize, the violent and vindic-tive Barnwell sought another kind of spoils.He invited many of theIndians with whom he had concluded the treaty to a friendly meeting at Fort Barnwell but then massacred the men, taking nearly two hun-dred women and children back to Charles Town to be sold as slaves.His treachery rendered the Indians of North Carolina more vengefulthan ever. ""Governor Hyde had done his best to force the people of North Caro-lina to fight the Indian coalition.Although he had council support, hewas powerless in the face of the assembly.Meeting in late 1711, after themassacre, with all Quakers prevented from serving as burgesses, theassembly still refused to approve any measure that would support a war.As Spotswood explained to the Board of Trade, Because they cannotintroduce into the Government the persons most obnoxious for the lateRebellion and Civil war, they will make no provision for defending anypart of the Country. "" Trying to get around the assembly, Hyde haddecreed in March that every member of the councill have full power andauthority to impress men, horses, or canoos, but he still had little suc-cess. "" In April, the commissioners appointed to requisition men andmateriel were ordered to make diligent search and take all surplus cornfrom every family. "À The commissioners found little.After Barnwell sdeparture, Hyde sent an emissary to South Carolina to explain why hehad been unable to provide the relief force with needed supplies.Theassembly bore responsibility, he explained, a short time before Col.Barnwell s arrival, refusing to agree to the raising of men & provisions forthe defence of the Country. He begged Charles Town to send an evenbigger army, if possible 1000 Indians, but not with Barnwell as com-mander.The emissary was told to tempt the South Carolinians with thepotential for valuable plunder. You must lay before them the greatone final fight for freedom, 1711 1713 0 153 advantage may be made of slaves, there being many hundreds of (them,)women & children may we believe 3 or 4 thousand. "+"At a July meeting, the council issued an oH"cial pardon for all but fiveleaders of Cary s Rebellion, perhaps hoping that doing so might persuademen to fight under their government. "© This strategy also failed.In Au-gust, Hyde asked Captain Palin, a Pasquotank militia oH"cer, to send himthe names of the Severall of the Militia of this Government who havedeserted. Within a few weeks, Hyde claimed, he personally would atthe head of the main body of the forces of this County march myself intoBath County
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