SEEWEE COMES FROM SAWE OR "ISLAND." NO WORDS HAVE SURVIVED. THEY ARE SIOUAN SPEAKERS. THEY PRIMARILY LIVED ON THE LOWER COURSE OF THE SANTEE RIVER AND COAST, AND BY THE PRESENT DAY MONCKES CORNER. THEY WERE SOMETIMES CLASSED WITH THE CASUBO THEY MAY HAVE BEEN THE INDIANS FIRST MET BY THE ENGLISH EXPEDITION THAT FOUNDED THE COLONY OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1670. THEY ASSISTED THE ENGLISH AGAINST THE SPANISH. IN 1700 MANY DIED FROM SMALL POX AND ALCOHOL. AND MANY MEN DIED AT SEA IN AN ATTEMPT TO OPEN CLOSER TRADE RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND . BY 1600 THEIR POPULATION WAS 800.
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