<P> The river has one of the three oldest surviving English - applied placenames in the U.S. Colonists named the Neuse River after its name by the American Indian tribe known as Neusiok , with whom the early Raleigh expeditions made contact . They also identified the region as the `` Neusick '' . Two English captains , Arthur Barlowe and Phillip Armadas , were commissioned by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 to explore the New World . They landed on North Carolina 's coast July 2 , 1584 to begin their research . In their 1585 report to Raleigh , they wrote favorably of the Indian population in `` ... the country Neusiok , situated upon a goodly river called Neuse ... '' , as it was called by the local population . </P>
<P> The river has one of the three oldest surviving English - applied placenames in the U.S. Colonists named the Neuse River after its name by the American Indian tribe known as Neusiok , with whom the early Raleigh expeditions made contact . They also identified the region as the `` Neusick '' . Two English captains , Arthur Barlowe and Phillip Armadas , were commissioned by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 to explore the New World . They landed on North Carolina 's coast July 2 , 1584 to begin their research . In their 1585 report to Raleigh , they wrote favorably of the Indian population in `` ... the country Neusiok , situated upon a goodly river called Neuse ... '' , as it was called by the local population . </P>
where did the neuse river get its name
where did the neuse river get its name
American Indian tribe known as Neusiok
American Indian tribe known as Neusiok