FDI - Congaree

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Congaree

*Ethnie:*	CONGAREE
*Language:*	Catawba
*Family:*	Southeastern Siouan
*Stock:*	Siouan Proper
*Phylum:*	Siouan
*Macro-Culture:*	Eastern Woodlands
Speakers	None

The Congaree were a sedentary hunter/farmer tribe. Their ancestors were among the greater Siouans who crossed the Appalachians into the Carolinas displacing the previous inhabitants. They were located in the general area of the present state capital, Columbia. Those of the tribe not enslaved by the colonists joined their close relatives the Catawba.

Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Villages)

SC (1)

Present Locations

Confederated with the Catawba

Year	*History*
1701	Located on Santee River south of mouth of the Wateree, Lawson mentioned that they had lost many of their numbers due to intestine boils and smallpox, and that they domesticated cranes and storks
1716	Took part against whites Yamasee War, more than half were captured and sent to West Indies as slaves, the remainder joined the Catawba

Year	Total NC Pop.	Source
1600	800	Mooney estimate
1700	800	NAHDB calculation
1800	0	NAHDB calculation
1900	0	NAHDB calculation
2000	0	NAHDB calculation

Other speakers of the same language:

Catawba, Cheraw, Santee, Sewee, Wateree, Waxhaw, Woccon

Congaree Sites:

Catawba Language http://www.angelfire.com/az2/catawba/

Catawba Language http://www.native-languages.org/catawba.htm

Catawba Language http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=CHC

Catawba Language Department http://www.ccppcrafts.com/language/

Catawba Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_lang_family.asp?code=CHC

Congaree http://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/congaree.html

Congaree http://sciway3.net/proctor/state/natam/congaree.html

Congaree Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/siouan/congareehist.htm