bwantom] KAKI.Y HISTORY OF THE CREEK IXIUAXS 71 
In 1715 the Yamasee war broke out and ii is commonly supposed 
to have nearly exterminated I he ancient tribes of South Carolina, <>ne 
early authority stating that "some of the Corsaboys" along with the 
Congarees, Santees. Seawees, Pedees, and Waxaws were "utterly 
extirpated," 1 hut I quote this statement merely to refute it. As 
b mat ter of fart , remnants of nearly all the ancient tribes persisted for 
a considerable period afterwards. In 1716 there was a short war 
between the colonists and the Santee and Congaree Indians. The 
Etiwaw took part in this contest on the side of the whites. Over 
half of the offending tribes were taken prisoners and sent as slaves to 
the West Indies.- In the same year we find a note to the effect that 
the colony had been presented with six dressed deerskins by the 
"Coosoe" Indians and twelve dressed and eight raw deerskins by the 
"Itawans." 3 In 1717 there is a note of a present made by the 
"Kiawah" Indians. 4 In a letter written by Barnwell, April, 1720, 
there is mention of the "Coosaboys:" 5 In 1727 we learn that "the 
King of the Kywaws" desired recompense for some service, and, ap- 
parently the same year, he was given a grant of land south of the 
"Combee" River. 6 About 1743 Adair mentions "Coosah" as a 
dialect spoken in the Catawba nation, but it is not probable 
that all of the Coosa removed there. 7 Some time after the founding 
of Georgia an old man among the Creek Indians stated that the first 
whites were met with at the mouth of the Coosawhatchie, 8 and it ap- 
pears that this report was current among the Creeks, although some- 
times the name of Savannah River is substituted. The tradition is, 
of course, correct, and it would seem probable that it was due not 
merely to hearsay information but to the actual presence among the 
Creeks of families or bands of Indians of Cusabo origin. Apart from 
those who joined the Catawba, Creeks, and other tribes, the last glimpse 
we have of the coast Indians shows the remnant of the Kiawa and 
Cusabo in the neighborhood of Beaufort. We do not know whether 
the Etiwaw and Wando were included among the Kiawa, but it is 
probable that a part at least of all of these tribes remained near their 
ancestral seats and were gradually merged in the surrounding popu- 
lation. 
The following remarks of Adair may well be inserted as the vale- 
dictory of these people, although it applies also to the small Siouan 
tribes northward of them and to some others: 
1 Rivers, Hist. S. Car., pp. 93-94. » Pub. Rec. of S. C, MS. vm, p. 4. 
- Pub. Rec. of S. C, MS. « Journal of the Council, S. C. docs., x, p. 24. 
1 Proc. of Board dealing with Indian trade, MS., p. &>. 7 Adair, Hist. Am. Inds., p. 22.">. 
< [bid., p. 186. ' Carroll, Hist. Colls. S. Car., i, xxxvu. 
