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 ''[[United States|United States]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[US Migration Trails and Roads|Trails and Roads]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Occaneechi_Path|Occaneechi Path]]''
-The '''Occaneechi Path''' or "Trading Path," also called the "Indian Trading Path," "Catawba Path," "Catawba Road," "Indian Road," or "Warriors' Path" was a network of trails from the Chesapeake Bay (Petersburg, Virginia) to Occaneechi Village (Hillsborough, NC) and&nbsp;across the the Piedmont of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia (Catawba and Cherokee villages). Along the way several other pathways eventually merged with or forked off this path including parts of the [[Upper Road]], the [[Fall Line Road]], and the [[Great Valley Road]] (South Fork). The length of the '''Occaneechi Path''' from the Petersburg, Virginia to Augusta, Georgia was roughly&nbsp;510 miles (820 km).
+The '''Occaneechi Path''' or "Trading Path," also called the "Indian Trading Path," "Catawba Path," "Catawba Road," "Indian Road," or "Warriors' Path" was a network of trails (not just one path) connecting the Piedmont region including Chesapeake Bay (Petersburg, VA), Occaneechi Village (Clarksville, VA), the Waxhaws (Charlotte, NC), and Cherokee&nbsp;villages of&nbsp;Carolinas and Georgia (Augusta, GA). Along the way several other pathways eventually merged with or forked off this path including parts of the [[Upper Road]], the [[Fall Line Road]], the [[Great Valley Road]] (South Fork), and the [[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]]. Pack caravans plied the Occaneechi Path with guns, gunpowder, knives, jewelry, blankets, and hatchets in trade for furs and deerskins.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Trading Path," ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_Path (accessed 26 January 2011).</ref> The length of the '''Occaneechi Path''' from the Petersburg, Virginia to Augusta, Georgia was roughly 510 miles (820 km).
 === Historical Background  ===