Monday, June 13, 2011

ENO INDIANS IN SOUTH CAROLINA

THE ENO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ADHUSHEE AND SHAKORI IN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE 17TH CENTURY. MOONEY DOUBTS THAT THEY WERE OF SIOUAN STOCK. THEY DISAPPEARED FROM THE AREA ABOUT 1720. AND WERE INCORPORATED WITH THE CATAWBA OR SAPONI. THE ENO AND SHAKORI ARE A GREAT NATION AS YARDLEY DESCRIBED IN THE 1650'S.

THEY WERE NEXT MENTIONED BY LEDERER IN 1672 AS LIVING SOUTH OF OCCANEECHI BY THE ENO RIVER. IN 1701 THE ENO AND SHAKORI WERE LIVING IN A VILLAGE, ADHUSHEER ON THE ENO RIVER. BY 1714 LAWSON INCLUDES THE ENO IN HIS WRITINGS.

ACESS GENEOLOGY.COM

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