76 SIOUAN TRIBES OF THE EAST. [^thn. 



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later by the Yamasi war, iu wLicli nearly all the Carolina tribes took 

 part against the English, that they were no longer able to stand alone 

 and were obliged to incorporate with the Catawba. 



THE PEDEE, WACCAMAW, AND WINYAW; THE HOOKS 

 AND BACKHOOKS. 



Synoniimij. 

 Peadea. — La Tour map, 1784. 



Fedees. — War map of 1715 iu Wiiisor, History of America, 1887, vol. v, p. 346. 

 Peedee. — Document of 1732 in Gregg, History of the Old Cheraws, 1867, p. 8. 

 Ptdees.— Glen (1751 j in New York Col. Docs., 1855, vol. vi, p. 709. 



Waccamans. — Letter of 1715 in Col. Rec. of Kortli Carolin.a, 1886, vol. ii, p. 252. 



Waccamawc. — Ibid., p. 252. 



Wacemaus. — Ibid., ]). 251. 



Waggamaw. — Map of the Province of South Carolina, 1760. 



Wuggoman. — War map of 1715 in Winsor, op. cit.,vo].v, p. 346 (misprint). 



Wicomaw. -Bowcn, Map of the British American Plantations, 1760. 



JVigomaiv. — Moll, map of Carolina, 1720. 



Weenees. — Rivers, History of South Carolina, 18.56, p. 36 (same?). 



Wenee {riyer). — Map of the Province of South Carolina, 1760. 



Wincaus. — Letter of 1715 in Col. Rec. of North Carolina, 1886, vol. ii, p. 251. 



TVivgah. — Map of the Province of South Carolina, 1760 (misprint). 



Winymvs. — Mills, Statistics of South Carolina, 1826, p. 108. 



Winyo. — Bowen, Map of the British American Plantations, 1760. 



Wyniaxi-s. — Gallatin in Trans, and Colls. Am. Anti(iuariau Soc, 1836, vol. ii, p. 89. 



Hools. — Lawson (1714), History of Carolina, reprint of 1860, p. 45. 



Baclchooks. — Lawson, op. cit., p. 45 (misprint). . 



Back Hooks. — Rivers, History of South Carolina, 1856, p. 35. 



These small tribes lived on the lower Pedee and its tributaries in 

 South Carolina and the contiguous border of North Carolina. Nothing 

 is known of their language and very little can now be learned of their 

 former daily life or their religioiis system of belief, as they were never 

 prominent in history. 



For the "Hooks" and "Backbooks" there is only the authority of 

 Lawson, who mentions them as enemies of the Santee, living in tlie 

 earliest part of the eighteenth century about the mouth of Winyaw 

 river, i. e., Wiiiyah bay. South Carolina (Lawson, 13). The names have 

 a suspicious appearance, as though badly corrupted from their proper 

 forms. Rivers, perhaps from original information, makes them Hooks 

 and Back Hooks, which, if correct, may indicate that the former lived 

 nearer the coast and the other.s back of them. 



The Waccamaw lived on the river of that name, which enters the 

 Pedee from the north almost at its mouth. The Winyaw lived on the 

 western side of the Pedee near its mouth. Black river, a lower tribu- 

 tary of the Pedee from the west, was formerly called Wenee river, prob- 

 ably another form of the same word, and Winyah bay still preserves 

 their memory. The two tribes are mentioned in 1715 as living near 



