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Spanish documents, butitisevidently the Edisto of theEnglish and the 
Audusta of the French. The Edisto are in one place called Edistare, 
but it is probable that this form was after the analogy of the Siouan 
names, and it may, in fact, have been obtained through a Siouan 
interpreter. Moreover, Laudonniere, on inquiring of the Cusabo 
Indians about the great chief Chicora, of whom he had learned 
through Spanish writings, was told instead of a chief Chiquola living 
toward the north. 1 The Z, it is to be seen, is substituted for r. 
Spanish attempts to record the Cusabo language were cut short by 
the unfriendliness of the natives and the abandonment of the mis- 
sions. Linguistic material may yet be discovered, however, among 
the unpublished documents of Spain. At all events the Spaniards 
had a very much better excuse than our own South Carolina colonists 
for their almost complete failure to make any permanent record of 
the language of the people among whom their first settlements were 
made. A few detached phrases and the following place, personal, and 
other names are practically all that is left of Cusabo : 
Ablandoles. Mentioned together with the "Chiluques" as a tribe of Santa Elena. 
As the latter probably refers to a non-Cusabo tribe, the Cherokee, the former may 
not be a Cusabo tribe either. 2 
Ahoyabi, Aobi (?). A small town near Ahoya, or Hoya. 
Alush. A chief of Edisto. 3 
Aluste, Alueste, Alieste, Aluete. A chief and village probably located near 
Beaufort, South Carolina. 4 This may be only a form of Edisto (see p. 60 ). 
Appee-bee. The Indian name of Foster Creek, S. C. 5 
Ashepoo, Ashipoo, Asshepoo, Asha-po, Ishpow. A tribe and a river named 
from it still so called ; in one place this is made a synonym for Edisto. 
Awendaw, Owendaw, Au-en-dau-boo-e. An old town, perhaps Sewee. 6 The 
name is preserved to the present day. 
Babickock. A creek flowing into Edisto River, near its mouth. 
Backbooks, Backhooks. Coast people at war with the Santee: they may have 
been Siouan instead of Cusabo. 7 
Barcho Amini. An Indian of Santa Elena of the town of Cambe, perhaps a Spanish 
name. 2 
Bluacacay. A Santa Elena Indian. 2 
Bohicket. An Indian village near Rockville, S. C. ; a creek and a modern place are 
still so called. 8 
Boo-shoo-ee, Boo-chaw-ee. A name for the land about the peninsula between 
Dorchester Creek and Ashley River. There are a number of variants of this name. 9 
Callawassie. An island on one side of Colleton River. 10 
Cambe. A town in the province of Santa Elena. 2 
Catuco. Name given in one place to the fort at Santa Elena. It seems to be an 
Indian word. 11 
i Laudonnie-re, Hist. Not. de la Floride, pp. 29-31. ' rbid., p. 45. 
2 Copy of MS. in Ayer Coll., Newberry Lib. 8 S. Car. Hist. Soc. Colls., v, pp. 63, 334. 
> S. Car. Hist. Soc. Colls., v, pp. 20, 170. » S. Car. Hist, and Gen. Mag., VI, p. 63 et seq. 
' Serrano y Sanz, Doc. Hist., pp. 187-188. »o Modern name. 
6 S. Car. Hist, and Gen. Mag., vi, p. 64. " Brooks, MSS. 
« Lawson, Hist. Carolina, p. 24. 
