ally ▁logged , ▁and ▁their ▁lands ▁were ▁continu ously ▁enc ro ached ▁upon ▁by ▁her ders ▁and ▁squ at ters . ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁several ▁dec ades , ▁the ▁colonial ▁government ▁contin ually ▁reduced ▁the ▁T us car ora ▁tract , ▁forcing ▁c essions ▁of ▁land ▁to ▁the ▁enc ro aching ▁sett lers . ▁They ▁sold ▁off ▁port ions ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁in ▁de als ▁often ▁designed ▁to ▁take ▁advantage ▁of ▁the ▁T us car ora . ▁ ▁Many ▁T us car ora ▁were ▁not ▁satisfied ▁with ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁Tom ▁Bl ount , ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁res ervation . ▁In ▁ 1 7 2 2 ▁ 3 0 0 ▁fighting ▁men ; ▁along ▁with ▁their ▁w ives , ▁children , ▁and ▁the ▁elder ly , ▁res ided ▁at ▁Indian ▁Wood s . ▁By ▁ 1 7 3 1 ▁there ▁were ▁ 2 0 0 ▁war riors , ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 5 ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁with ▁a ▁total ▁population ▁at ▁Indian ▁Wood s ▁of ▁ 3 0 1 . ▁When ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 2 ▁Mor av ian ▁mission aries ▁visited ▁the ▁res ervation , ▁they ▁had ▁noted ▁" many ▁had ▁gone ▁north ▁to ▁live ▁on ▁the ▁Sus que h anna " ▁and ▁that ▁" oth ers ▁are ▁scattered ▁as ▁the ▁wind ▁sc at ters ▁smoke ." ▁This ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁T us car ora ▁migr ating ▁to ▁central - western ▁New ▁York ▁to ▁live ▁with ▁the ▁One ida ▁and ▁other ▁I ro qu