WACCAMAW INDIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA

THE WACCAMAW TRIBE IS A SMALL TRIBE FORMERLY LIVING IN SOUTH CAROLINA BY THE BORDER OF NORTH CAROLINA. NOTHING IS KNOWN ABOUT THEIR LANGUAGE. THEY ARE SIOUAN. THEY FIRST MET ANGLOS IN 1715 WHO LIVED NEAR WINJAW, ALL TRIBES AT THIS TIME TRIED TO ALLY AGAINST THE ENGLISH. THEY HAD SIX VILLAGES. THEY WERE INCORPORATED WITH THE CATAWBA. THEY ARE OF 8 RECOGNIZED NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES IN NORTH CAROLINA.


THEIR TRIBAL HOMELAND IS LOCATED ON THE EDGE OF GREEN SWAMP ABOUT 37 MILES FROM WILMINGTON AND FOUR MILES NORTH OF BOLTON. WILLIAM BARTRAM ASSISTED BY THE WACCAMAW INDIANS IN 1735 WHO EXPLORED LAKE WACCAMAW'S ORIGINS. ACCORDING TO THE INDIANS, 1000'S OF YEARS AGO A METEOR APPEARED IN THE SKY IN THE SOUTHWEST. IT WAS AS BRIGHT AS THE SUN, AND STRUCK THE EARTH. THE SWAMP AND RIVERS FLOWED INTO THE CRATER FORMING THE GREEN LAKE.


THE WACCAMAW SIOUAN ARE NOT RELATED TO THE WACCAMAW IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IN 1712 THEY WERE PERSUADED TO JOIN JOHN MOORE'S EXPEDITION AGAINST THE TUSCARORA. IN 1749 A WAR BROKE OUT AGAINST THE TUSCARORA. IN 1749 A WAR BROKE OUT BETWEEN THE WACCAMAW IN SOUTH CAROLINA. BY 1778 THE COUNCIL OF SOUTH CAROLINA MADE A PROVISION TO RENDER THEM AFTER PROTECTION. AFTER THE WAR THEY SOUGHT REFUGE IN THE SWAMPS OF NORTH CAROLINA. A GAME PLAYED BY CHILDREN CALLED WAP-KA-HARE IS KNOWN AS BALL KNOCK. IT IS RELATED TO THE BALL OF FIRE THAT KNOCKED INTO THE EARTH AND CREATED THE LAKE. THEY ARE CALLED THE "PEOPLE OF THE FALLING STAR".

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