Hathawekela

The Hathawekela were a Shawnee division from which political leaders traditionally came. After 1674 they settled on the Savannah River, and in 1681 helped South Carolina drive the Westo from its middle course.

Around 1697 Hathawekela people moved north to the Susquehanna and Allegheny rivers in Pennsylvania. A later band settled near Cape Girardeau in Missouri on land granted by Spain around 1793; under Black Bob, some moved to Arkansas and relinquished their Missouri claim in 1831.