CATABWA IN NORTH CAROLINA

THIS TRIBE IS CHOCTAW AND MEANS SEPARATED. IT IS SAID THAT THE LYCH CREEK IN SOUTH CAROLINA WAS KNOWN ANCIENTLY AS KADAPAU. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT WAS GIVEN TO THEM BY BY A TRIBE LIVING IN EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE SHAWNEE AND OTHER TRIBES OF THE OHIO VALLEY MADE THE WORD CUTTAWA. THEIR VILLAGE IS ON THE MAIN STREAM IN THE REGION (ISWA). THE FIRST CONTACT BY ANGLOS WAS IN 1579 BY VANDERA WHO CALLED THEM ISSA. THIS TRIBE WAS THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT TRIBE IN THE CAROLINA'S, EXCEPTING THE CHEROKEE. BY 1701 VIRGINIA TRADERS WERE AMONG THEM. THEY CLEARED FIELDS FOR MILES. IN 1728 THEY HAD SIX VILLLAGES ON THE CATABWA RIVER. THEY WERE FRIENDLY TOWARDS THE ENGLISH. THEY WERE ALWAYS AT WAR WITH THE IROQUOIS.

BEFORE THE END OF THE 1800'S THEY WERE GREATLY REDUCED BY WAR AND EPIDEMICS. THEY ASSISTED THE AMERICANS DURING REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN DEFENSE AGAINST THE BRITISH. IN 1762 A SMALL PARTY OF SHAWNEE KILLED THEIR NOTED CHIEF. BY 1763 THEY WERE PLACED ON A RESERVATION 15 MILES SQUARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER. BY 1826 ALL THEIR RESERVATION WAS LEASED TO ANGLOS FOR A FEW $1000. THEY WERE LEFT WITH A SQUARE MILE BY 1841. SOME MOVED TO THE EASTERN CHEROKEE IN NORTH CAROLINA. THEY WERE SEDENTARY AGRICULTURALISTS AND GOOD HUNTERS. THE WOMEN MADE POTTERY AND BASKETS. IN 1881 ABOUT 85 WERE ON THE RESERVATION AND 35 WERE EMPLOYED ON FARMS. SOME WENT WITH MISSIONARIES TO SALT LAKE CITY.

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