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CoheeLady, also in the account is a lot of information about Gabriel Arthur, (though Rights only covers what happened in North Carolina so I don’t have that at hand).
Gabriel Arthur was a lower class Englishman, illiterate, likely an indentured servant. He was obviously bright and adaptable. He was left with the Tomahitans to learn their language. Needham was on his way to fetch him back when he was killed.
Arthur lived on to some very remarkable adventures that took him as far as the Shawnee, I believe. The whole story must be in the “First Explorations of the Trans-Allegheny Regions.”
this information is continued from the above post I made .
Arthur remained with the Cherokee that winter and ,disgusied as an indian ,he accompanied war parties throughout the Tennessee valley and as far southeast as port royal. Then, in a fight with Shawnee Indians in Ohio ,he suffered 2 Arrow wounds and was captured. The Shawnee scrubbed off his disguise and stared in amazement at his white skin.
Also they refer to Arthur as a Virgina Colonist.
George
I just found the original narrative online, snatched it up and put it on our site so we won’t loose track of it. (It’s public domain now, so I assume this is kosher.)
http://www.saponitown.com/needham-arthur.htm
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