Waccamaw
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Waccamaw |
| Ethnie: | WACCAMAW |
| Language: | Pedee |
| Family: | Southeastern Siouan |
| Stock: | Siouan Proper |
| Phylum: | Siouan |
| Macro-Culture: | Eastern Woodlands |
| Speakers | None |
| The Waccamaw were a sedentary hunter/farmer tribe. The eastern Siouans fissioned from the greater Siouan culture about 1,000 B. C. and crossed the Appalachians the previous inhabitants. The Waccamaw were located on the Waccamaw River and the lower course of the Pee Dee. The tribe was nearly destroyed in conflicts with Whites and other tribes. Some descendants remain on the area. |
| Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Villages) |
| SC (6) |
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| Year | History |
| 1521 | Tribal name "Guacaya" occurs in a list of provinces by Francisco de Chicora |
| 1670 | English found tribe established in aboriginal territory; smallpox soon thereafter |
| 1715 | Joined Cheraw in attack on English in Yamasee War , but quickly made peace in fear of the Cherokee |
| 1716 | Trading post established at Uauenee |
| 1717 | Established south of Black River |
| 1720 | Short war with colonists, lost 60, some sold as slaves |
| 1755 | They and Pedee suffered losses against Cherokee and Natchez while in White settlements; some soon united with Catawba, others remained in area |
| 1971 | Waccamaw-Siouan Development Association created |
| 2005 | Tribe recognized by the state of South Carolina |
| Year | Total SC Pop. | Source | |
| 1600 | 900 | Mooney estimate | |
| 1700 | 600 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1715 | 610 | Census | |
| 1800 | 100 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1900 | 50 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 2000 | 350 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 2005 | 365 | Wikipedia |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Cape Fear, Pedee |
| Waccamaw Indians Sites: |
| Indian Trader John Lawson's Journal http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6379 |
| SC Indian Affairs Commission http://www.southcarolinaindianaffairs.com/ |
| Waccamaw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waccamaw |
| Waccamaw http://www.ontalink.com/native_americans/waccamaw.html |
| Waccamaw Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t226 |
| Waccamaw Indian People http://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/waccamaw.html |
| Waccamaw Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/siouan/waccamawhist.htm |
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