Carolina - The Native Americans





Carolina - The Native Americans


The land that became Carolina was home to more than 40 distinct groups of Native Americans



Settlements Circa 1600	Settlements in 1715	Settlements Circa 1729

Click on the Links Below to Learn More on Each Known Native American Tribe in Carolina Prior to 1729. From: "The Indian Tribes of North America," byh John R. Swanton, 1952.

	North Carolina Tribes	South Carolina Tribes
	Bear River	Catawba
	Cape Fear	Cheraw
	Catawba	Cherokee
	Cheraw	Chiaha
	Cherokee	Chickasaw
	Chickasaw	Congaree
	Chowanoc	Creeks
	Coree	Cusabo
	Eno	Eno
	Hatteras	Keyauwee
	Keyauwee	Natchez
	Machapunga	PeeDee
	Meherrin	Saluda
	Moratoc	Santee
	Natchez	Sewee
	Neusiok	Shakori
	Occaneechi	Shawnee
	Pamlico	Sissipahaw
	Saponi	Sugeree
	Shakori	Waccamaw
	Sissipahaw	Wateree
	Sugeree	Waxhaw
	Tuscarora	Winyaw
	Tutelo	Yamassee
	Waccamaw	Yuchi
	Wateree
	Waxhaw
	Weapemeoc
	Woccon
	Yadkin

More Maps Showing Native American Settlements in the Carolinas

1670 Map by Chapman		1715 Map from British Archives Data

	1900 Map of Cherokees at Various Times by James Mooney



Click Here for a comprehensive review of how the colonists interacted with and made treaties with the Cherokees.