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Danville Register in Danville, Virginia

04 Jul 1976

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Danville Register

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Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1976

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2

Indians Lived and Hunted Near Danville 9000 Years Ago

The Danville Pittsylvania region hosted nomadic Indians about 9000 years ago during the Archaic Period. Woodland settlement followed after 200 BC, with sites near Danville sewer plant and Smith River. Tribes included Saponi, Saura, Occaneechi, Tutelo. by 1728 Sapponies name emerged after tribes fused and moved. No Indians reside in Danville or Pittsylvania today.

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Danville Pittsylvania United States Virginia Carolina Piedmont Richard T. Marshall S. Woodberry Ave Old South Boston Smith River Martinsville Boston Marshall Southside Maud C. Clement Pittsylvania County Pigg River Otter Creek Richard Pretty The Virginia Employment Commission North Carolina
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Early Native Life in the Area According to three Explorers

Three 17th and 18th century observers John Lederer John Lawson and William Byrd provide the primary white testimonies on local Indian life. They describe round bark cabins with central plazas circular villages, simple wealth shown by leisure time, and limited possessions. Their accounts illuminate how these peoples lived before European contact and the Iroquois incursions.

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Virginia Dan River Viriiia North Carolina Frank H. Roberts Jr Smithsonian Institution Roberts John Lederer John Lawson William Byrd Lederer America Richmond Appalachians Pacific Lawson England Charleston South Carolina Westover
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