▁A ka wen ch aka , ▁Ag - wan - te - ga ▁(" Pe ople ▁of ▁the ▁Two - Row "), ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁K au w ets aka , ▁K au w et se ka ▁or ▁C au w int ch - AA ga ▁(" Pe ople ▁of ▁the ▁Water ", ▁this ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁aut onym ▁of ▁the ▁K au w ets ' a : ka ▁or ▁Me her rin .) ▁Sk ar ū ' ren ', ▁S ku ar ure aka ▁or ▁S ca - ru - re - ah - ga ▁(" H emp ▁G ather ers "), ▁today ▁better ▁known ▁as ▁T us car ora . ▁ ▁These ▁affili ations ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁active ▁as ▁independent ▁groups ▁after ▁the ▁tribe ▁migr ated ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁and , ▁later , ▁Ontario . ▁F . W . ▁H odge , ▁an ▁early ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁historian , ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁T us car ora ▁in ▁North ▁Carolina ▁tradition ally ▁were ▁said ▁to ▁occup y ▁the ▁" country ▁lying ▁between ▁the ▁sea ▁sh ores ▁and ▁the ▁mountains , ▁which ▁divide ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁states ," ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁had ▁ 2 4 ▁large ▁towns ▁and ▁could ▁must er ▁ ▁about ▁ 6 , 0 0 0 ▁war riors , ▁probably ▁meaning ▁persons . ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁ 1 7 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 8 th - century ▁North ▁Carolina , ▁European ▁colon ists ▁reported ▁two ▁primary ▁branches ▁of ▁the ▁T us car ora : ▁a ▁northern ▁group