| Year |
History |
| 1566 |
Met by Pardo (called Ysa, Issa, or Iswa)
at war with Cherokee and others |
| 1653 |
Contact from British colonists from Virginia |
| 1660 |
Shawnee, fleeing the Iroquois, settled between the Catawba and Cherokee;
soon at war with the Shawnee; the Yuchi soon followed and they too were
soon at war with the Catawba; Catawba received firearms from the British
colonists with whom they allied particularly to repel marauding Iroquois |
| 1670 |
Visited by Lederer (called Ushery);
smallpox epidemic thereafter |
| 1711 |
Assisted colonists in Tuscarora Wars (1711-1713) |
| 1715 |
Participated in Yamasee uprising due to abuses by
British colonists |
| 1716 |
Joined by the Congaree, Santee and Sissipahaw
after the Yamasee War |
| 1728 |
Had six villages, all on Catawba River |
| 1738 |
Devastating Smallpox epidemic |
| 1744 |
Joined by the combined Cape Fear and Pedee who
migrated from North Carolina, and the Wateree |
| 1752 |
Smallpox epidemic, 50% losses; joined by the
Waccamaw |
| 1759 |
Albany peace pact between Indian tribes, smallpox
50% losses |
| 1761 |
Joined by the Keyauwee |
| 1763 |
Moved to small reservation on Catawba River,
Shawnee party killed tribal leader King Haigler |
| 1781 |
Had two villages on opposite sides of Catawba
River |
| 1840 |
Sold reservation to South Carolina for new land
in North Carolina but North Carolina disallowed passage; 800 acre
reservation set aside in South Carolina |
| 1841 |
Reservation had dwindled to 1 sq mile |
| 1884 |
Some of tribe converted to Mormonism and
relocated to Utah |
| 1890 |
Some joined Cherokee, others to North Carolina |
| 1943 |
New reservation established, 3,388 acres |
| 1959 |
Tribe petitioned congress to terminate tribal
status; reservation terminated |
| 1973 |
Reinstituted tribal council |
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