Massacre At Pineview Traditional Cache
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You are looking for a small container with log and swag, near what once was a site of great violence long, long ago.
According to 'The State' magazine (April 27, 1940) and the book, 'They Passed This Way; A personal Narrative of Harnett County History' by Malcolm Fowler (1955, Harnett County Centennial Inc.) near this small crossroads community of Pineview in western Harnett County, archeologists from Chapel Hill found approximately 100 male indian skeletons in a burial mound during excavations in the 1940's.
"Back about 1940, a party from Chapel Hill made a partial excavation at one edge of the mound. Their finds indicated the slain warriors had been dragged from where they fell and dumped in groups. In one section about three cubic feet in area, thirteen skulls were found. One of these had the back end bashed in. Inside was the broken blade of the tomahawk that killed the brave. He was probably running when struck down from behind. That was the only weapon discovered in the small area they explored, the victors probably taking the others as loot."
It is believed that Indians from the Drowning Creek tribe were hunting on lands claimed by another tribe from the Cape Fear River area during a period of drought. The Cape Fear Indians caught and killed the Drowning Creek indians for doing so in what must have been one single event.
"The massacre probably occurred a few years prior to the coming of the first white settlers for they became familiar with the story of what happened on that day. Down the years has come the interesting tale of the hunting party of Drowning Creek warriors."
ADDENDUM: On 6/20/10, Garnerwat kindly added the following information in his log:
"Several people have reported that the Indians ghosts still haunt the area. I understand that the burial mound was actually about 75 to 100 feet on the other side of Hwy 27 in the open area near the exit ramp." Thanks, Garnerway!!!
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