ETAWAN INDIANS IN SOUTH CAROLINA

THE ETAWAN LIVED ON DANIEL ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA AS LONG AS 2500 B.C. SOME ARTIFACTS DATE BACK TO 10,000 YEARS AGO. A 1500 AD VILLAGE HAS BEEN RESEARCHED AND SHOWS THAT THEY HAD VILLAGES WITH REFUSE PITS. THEY FOUND GLASS BEADS USED BY SPANISH, ENGLISH, TO TRADE WITH NATIVE AMERICAN S. POTTERY SHERDS WERE FOUND TO DATE FROM 1400 B.C.

THE ENGLISH ARRIVED IN 1670'S AND THE INDIANS SHARED THE LAND WITH THEM. THEY HAD COME FROM BARBADOS. OTHER ENGLISH BECAME OWNERS 970 ACRES OF THIS ISLAND.

RICE, COTTON, AND INDIGO WERE THE THREE MOST IMPRESSIVE PRODUCTS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY MADE COTTON, INDIGO, BRICKS, LIME/TIMBER AND SHIPS. TIMBER WAS FIRST EXPORTED. THE PLANTATION HAD SAWMILLS. THEY ALSO MADE BRICKS. IN 1785THEY BUILT A FERRY TO CROSS LOW COUNTRY TIDES.

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