[PAR] [TLE] Fort Dobbs (North Carolina) [SEP] Fort Dobbs was an 18th-century fort in the Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin region of the Province of North Carolina, near what is now Statesville in Iredell County.  Used for frontier defense during and after the French and Indian War, the fort was built to protect the British settlers of the western portion of what was then Rowan County, and served as a vital outpost for soldiers, traders, and colonial officials.  Fort Dobbs' primary structure was a blockhouse with log walls, surrounded by a palisade and moat.  It was intended to provide protection against Cherokee, Catawba, Shawnee, Delaware and French raids into North Carolina. [PAR] [TLE] Catawba people [SEP] The Catawba, also known as Issa or Essa or Iswä but most commonly Iswa (Catawba: "iswa" - “people of the river”), are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation.  They live in the Southeast United States, along the border of North Carolina near the city of Rock Hill, South Carolina.  The Catawba were once considered one of the most powerful Southeastern Siouan-speaking tribes in the Carolina Piedmont.  The Catawba and other Siouan peoples are believed to have coalesced as individual tribes in the Southeast.  Living along the Catawba River they were named one of the most powerful tribes in the south.
[PAR] [TLE] Fort Dobbs ( North Carolina ) [ SEP ] Fort Dobbs was an 18th - century fort in the Yadkin – Pee Dee River Basin region of the Province of North Carolina , near what is now Statesville in Iredell County . Used for frontier defense during and after the French and Indian War , the fort was built to protect the British settlers of the western portion of what was then Rowan County , and served as a vital outpost for soldiers , traders , and colonial officials . Fort Dobbs ' primary structure was a blockhouse with log walls , surrounded by a palisade and moat . It was intended to provide protection against Cherokee , Catawba , Shawnee , Delaware and French raids into North Carolina . [PAR] [TLE] Catawba people [ SEP ] The Catawba , also known as Issa or Essa or Iswä but most commonly Iswa ( Catawba : " iswa " - “ people of the river ” ) , are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans , known as the Catawba Indian Nation . They live in the Southeast United States , along the border of North Carolina near the city of Rock Hill , South Carolina . The Catawba were once considered one of the most powerful Southeastern Siouan - speaking tribes in the Carolina Piedmont . The Catawba and other Siouan peoples are believed to have coalesced as individual tribes in the Southeast . Living along the Catawba River they were named one of the most powerful tribes in the south .
What  Indian people living near Rock Hill, South Carolina was Fort Dobbs meant to protect against?
What Indian people living near Rock Hill , South Carolina was Fort Dobbs meant to protect against ?
The Catawba
The Catawba