Waccamaw

The Waccamaw lived along the river that bears their name and in the neighbouring Pee Dee country. Their villages stood among wooded waterways and swamps of the Carolina coastal plain. As English settlement spread, the Waccamaw dealt with colonial traders and with neighbouring peoples whose alliances were changing amid conflict and the trade in captives.

In 1715, during the Yamasee War, the Cheraw sought Waccamaw support against the English. A colonial trading post was established at Euaunee the following year, but in 1720 a short war brought death and captivity to Waccamaw men, women and children. By the middle of the eighteenth century, some Waccamaw and Peedee were living among colonial settlements, and officials urged several small nations to join the Catawba.