WebSep 11, 2013 · In Volume 11, Issue 2 of the Rice Planter Newsletter of the Old Bartholomew Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society, an article written by J. Michelle Schohn, Historian of the Pee Dee Indian Nation of Beaver Creek was reprinted by permission. While I can’t reprint that article here, what I can do is to… While the Waccamaw were never populous, the arrival of settlers and their diseases in the 16th century resulted in devastating population loss and dispersal. In 1600, anthropologist James Mooney estimated the population of the "Waccamaw, Winyaw, Hook, &c" at 900 people, while the 1715 census registers only one remaining Waccamaw village with a total population of 106 people, 36 of them men.

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WebJun 25, 2024 · Today, the building houses artifacts that narrate without words the history of Cheraw, including Native American artifacts and relics from the Civil War. Lyceum … WebLittle Berry, (Old Cheraw Indian) (Born 1619) 89016 People 0 Records 0 Sources: Cheepoake Harris found in 276 trees View all. Cheepoake Harris from tree Latonya … graphis studio srl

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WebSpecial cases: * Lumbee is a modern tribal name, but it comes from a Carolina Algonquian word meaning "dark water" (the traditional name of a river in their territory). The Lumbee people descend from a coalition of Carolina Indian tribes, each of whom originally had its own tribal name (Cheraw, Catawba, Croatan, etc.) http://www.bigorrin.org/lumbee_kids.htm WebOf Siouan stock, the Cheraws were the dominant tribe in the upper Pee Dee. The Cheraws migrated to this area in the late 17th century and maintained a well-fortified village on the river hill close to present day Cheraw. Wars and disease greatly decimated their population after a time, and around 1738 they joined the Catawba Confederacy. chis access