THIS TRIBE MET THE EUROPEANS IN 1600'S. BY THIS TIME THEY WERE AGRARIAN TRIBES AND SPOKE SIOUAN LANGUAGES. THEY LIVED ON JAMES AND JOHN'S ISLANDS. THEIR IS A RIDGE NAMED FROM THESE INDIANS. THE INDIANS HAD A BRIEF PERIOD OF GOOD RELATIONS. THEIR NEIGHBORS, THE STONE TRIBE, BEGAN HUNTING THE SETTLERS. THE SETTLERS KILLED SOME OF THE INDIANS. THEY TRIED TO FIGHT BACK BUT WERE DEFEATED AND THEIR CAPTIVES WERE SHIPPED TO THE WEST INDIES TO BE SOLD AS SLAVES. THEY HUNTED THE SETTLERS' DOMESTICATED
ANIMALS - PIGS, TURKEYS, GEESE, ETC.
THE STONE AND BOCHICKET TRIBES WERE PART OF THE CUSABO GROUP. THE BOHICKET WERE TO BE A LOOKOUT ON JONES ISLAND AS THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD THEM IN 1700. THIS IS THE LAST MENTION OF THIS TRIBE. THERE ARE NO EXTENSIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR NATIVE AMERICAN LIFE RECORDED. HOWEVER, THEY PROBABLY LIVED IN ROUND HOUSES COVERED WITH CYPRESS AND CEDAR BARK. THEIR VILLAGE HAD A LARGER STRUCTURE FOR MEETINGS AND CEREMONIALS. THEY PROBABLY PLANT CORN, BEANS SUGAR, AND MELONS. THEY SOMETIMES HAD FEMALE CHIEFS.
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