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Waxhaw

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

The Waxhaw were a sedentary hunter/farmer nation. The eastern Siouans fissioned from the Greater Siouan culture about 1,000 B. C. and crossed the Appalachians displacing the previous inhabitants. The Waxhaw were located south of present Charlotte and east of the Catawba River on both sides of the North and South Carolina border. They were located near and related to the Catawba who ultimately destroyed them. Some survivors joined the Yamasee and removed to Florida.

Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Villages)

SC (2)

Present Locations

Extinct

Year	*History*
1566	Met by Vandera, called "Gueza" [?]
1670	Called "Wisacky" by Lederer, subject to and possibly part of Catawba; smallpox ensued
1701	Visited by Lawson who wrote the most about the tribe; two villages at least 10 miles apart
1715	Fought in Yamasee War, refused to make up with British and all but destroyed by Catawba, some joined the Catawba, remaining 25 accompanied Yamasee to Florida, some may have later joined the Lumbee
1720	Last account among Yamasee

Year	Total SC Pop.	Source
1700	1,000	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, Wateree, Woccon

Waxhaw 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

Waxhaw http://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/waxhaw.html

Waxhaw Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/siouan/waxhawhist.htm