The Meherrin Tribe is located on the northeastern part of North Carolina. They speak a language that’s similar to the Tuscaror language. The Europeans had many different ways of spelling the Meherrin tribal name in historical writings. The spellings are Meherrin, Menheyricks, Maherine, Menherins, Meahearin, Meheren, Macherine, Maherring, Meherron, Maherin, Macharens, Mehorin, Meherring, Maherians, and Meharins. English colonist first encountered the Meherrin on August 29, 1650. An English man named Edward Bland arrived in the Meherrin village of Cowochahawkon located on the north bank of the Meherrin River, two miles from the city of Emporia, Virginia. The Meherrin River begins in present day Ludenburg County, in Virginia, and goes southeast for more than eighty miles into Hertford County, located in North Carolina, where it also goes into the Chowan River.…show more content… The colonist had moved on land that the Meherrin had lived on for centuries. What made matters worst was that the Meherrin River crossed the boundary line separating the North Carolina and Virginia colonies. The Meherrins were attacked during Bacon’s Rebellion from 1675 to 1676. The govner of Virginia met with the tribal leaders and negotiated a peace treaty with the tribes. It was called the treaty between Virginia and the Indians (also none as the treaty of the middle plantation). The treaty was supposed to prevent English colonist from moving onto Meherrin lands, in exchange for friendship and military support. However the colonist did keep moving onto their land causing them to move further down the Meherrin River to the Hertford County area. They settled there around 1706. The Nansemond tribe and Chowanoke tribe were close with the Meherrin
