Guaquili

Guaquili was an Indigenous town on a route through the Carolina interior towards Joara, near the Blue Ridge foothills. Hernando de Soto's expedition passed through the region in 1540. A generation later Juan Pardo's men followed a similar route, recording the town as Guaquiri. On Pardo's second journey in 1567, Guaquiri was among the towns that hosted his party as it travelled inland towards Joara.