Cape Fear Indians
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Cape Fear Indians |
| Ethnie: | CAPE FEAR INDIANS |
| Language: | Pedee |
| Family: | Southeastern Siouan |
| Stock: | Siouan Proper |
| Phylum: | Siouan |
| Macro-Culture: | Eastern Woodlands |
| Speakers | None |
| The Cape Fear Indians were a coastal hunter/farmer tribe located on the Cape Fear River who were named by early voyagers. They may have been a branch of the Waccamaw. The eastern Siouans fissioned from the Siouan culture about 1,000 BC and crossed the Appalachians displacing the previous inhabitants. The Cape Fear Indians were closely related to the Pedee, with whom they later confederated |
| Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Villages) |
| NC (5) |
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| Year | History |
| 1661 | New England colony settled on Cape Fear River, driven off after kidnapping some native children |
| 1663 | Visited by Capt. William Hilton; colony from Barbados established briefly in territory |
| 1665 | Colony settled on Oldtown Creek, soon abandoned though natives reported friendly |
| 1670 | Smallpox epidemic soon after this year |
| 1695 | Asked for protection from Governor Archdale, rescued 52 passengers shipwrecked New England vessel, survivors formed Christ Church Parish |
| 1711 | Accompanied Barnwell on Tuscarora expedition |
| 1716 | Removed to South Carolina, later joined Pedee |
| Year | Total SC Pop. | Source | |
| 1600 | 1,000 | Mooney estimate | |
| 1700 | 250 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1715 | 206 | Census | |
| 1800 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1900 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 2000 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Pedee, Waccamaw |
| Cape Fear Indians Sites: |
| Cape Fear Indians http://www.answers.com/topic/cape-fear-indians |
| Cape Fear Indians http://www.carolana.com/Carolina/Native_Americans/native_americans_cape_fear.html |
| Cape Fear Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/siouan/capefearhist.htm |
| Cape Fear Indian Tribe History http://helendagner.com/viewtopic.php?t=1847&view=next&sid=b80636e82083632ceddb329bf64204cf |
| Charting of Cape Fear: 1525-1800 http://www.mapforum.com/06/capedesc.htm |
| Indian Trader John Lawson's Journal http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6379 |
| New Hanover County Early Exploration http://www.nhcgov.com/AgnAndDpt/LIBR/LocalHistory/Pages/HistoryoftheLowerCapeFear.aspx |
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