Santee
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Santee |
| Ethnie: | SANTEE |
| Language: | Catawba |
| Family: | Southeastern Siouan |
| Stock: | Siouan Proper |
| Phylum: | Siouan |
| Macro-Culture: | Eastern Woodlands |
| Speakers | None |
| The Santee were a sedentary hunter/farmer tribe. The eastern Siouans fissioned from the greater Siouan culture about 1,000 B. C. and crossed the Appalachians displacing the previous inhabitants. The Santee were located on the middle course of the Santee River when first encountered by the Spanish. They took large losses in several conflicts. Many were enslaved and sent to the West Indies. Most of the remainder apparently joined the Catawba though some absorbed into the local culture. |
| Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Villages) |
| SC (1) |
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| Year | History |
| 1670 | Smallpox epidemic sometime after this year |
| 1700 | Visited by John Lawson, had large plantation, at war with coast people |
| 1711 | Backed Barnwell in Tuscarora campaign |
| 1715 | Sided against colonists in Yamasee War |
| 1716 | Attacked by Etiwa and Cusabo, on behalf of colonists, most captured and sent to West Indies as slaves, remainder joined Catawba |
| Year | Total SC Pop. | Source | |
| 1600 | 1,000 | Mooney estimate | |
| 1700 | 200 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1715 | 85 | Indian census | |
| 1800 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1900 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 2000 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Catawba, Cheraw, Congaree, Sewee, Wateree, Waxhaw, Woccon |
| Santee 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 |
| Indian Trader John Lawson's Journal http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6379 |
| Santee http://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/santee.html |
| Santee http://sciway3.net/proctor/state/natam/santee.html |
| Santee Sioux Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/siouan/santee2hist.htm |
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