Wateree
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Wateree |
| Ethnie: | WATEREE |
| Language: | Catawba |
| Family: | Southeastern Siouan |
| Stock: | Siouan Proper |
| Phylum: | Siouan |
| Macro-Culture: | Eastern Woodlands |
| Speakers | None |
| The Wateree were a sedentary hunter/farmer tribe. They were located on the Wateree River south of present Camden. The eastern Siouans fissioned from the Indian greater Siouan culture about 1,000 B. C. and crossed the Appalachians displacing the previous inhabitants. The Wateree took huge losses in war and ultimately joined the Catawba. |
| Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Villages) |
| SC (1) |
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| Year | History |
| 1566 | Mentioned by Juan Pardo "Guatari" after expedition into their territory, Pardo left a priest and 4 soldiers, later left a garrison of 17 soldiers who were soon all killed by the Indians |
| 1670 | Further north per Lederer but on Wateree when met by Lawson, smallpox ensued |
| 1711 | Aided Barnwell against the Tuscarora |
| 1715 | Large losses in Yamasee War; located on Wateree in Fairfield County |
| 1740 | Claimed lands of Fredericksburg township |
| 1744 | Joined Catawba after selling lands to a White trader |
| Year | Total SC Pop. | Source | |
| 1600 | 1,000 | Mooney estimate | |
| 1700 | 600 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1800 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 1900 | 0 | NAHDB calculation | |
| 2000 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Catawba, Cheraw, Congaree, Santee, Sewee, Waxhaw, Woccon |
| Wateree 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 |
| Wateree http://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/wateree.html |
| Wateree Archeological Research Project http://www.cas.sc.edu/ANTH/Faculty/WAGNERG/wateree.htm |
| Wateree Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/siouan/watereehist.htm |
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