WAXHAW IS A TOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND IS NAMED AFTER THE INDIGENOUS TRIBE THAT LIVED HERE IN HISTORIC TIMES. IT IS IN THE FOREST OF ROLLING HILLS. THIS REGION IS WHERE GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN THE U. S. - THE HOWIE GOLD MINE. THE MEANING OF WAXHAW IS UNKNOWN. THEY CALLED THE FLATHEADS A NAME GIVEN TO THE OTHER TRIBES WHO HAD A CUSTOM OF DEFORMING THEIR BABIES HEAD. THEY ARE OF THE SIOUAN LINGUISTIC STOCK THEY HAVE CLOSE CONTACTS WITH THE SUGAREE. THEY LIVE IN PRESENT DAY UNION COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. ONE RESEARCHER, LEDERER, SAYS THEY MAY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED PART OF THE CATAWBA IN 1670.
AT THE END OF THE YAMASEE WAR (1715-1716), THE WAXHAW REFUSED TO MAKE PEACE WITH THE ENGLISH AND THE GREATER PART OF THEM WERE KILLED. THE REST FLED TO FLORIDA IN 1715. THEIR NAME IS PRESERVED IN WAXHAW CREEK.
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