^oo^^yj THE WACCAMAW AND PEDEE. 77 



together and as receiving" supplies of ammunition from the Sara, who 

 were endeavoring to persuade them to join the Yamasi and other 

 hostiles against the English (N", C, 11). In 1755 the Cherokee and 

 Kotchee were reported to have killed some Pedee and Waccamaw 

 in the white settlements (Gregg, 5). This appears to be the last mention 

 of the Waccamaw, tliough from other evidence it is i^robable that, like 

 the Pedee, Sara, and other tribes of that region, the remnant was 

 finally incorporated with the Catawba. 



The Pedee are somewhat better known. They lived on the middle 

 course of Pedee river, and on a maj) of 1715 their village is located on 

 the eastern bank, considerably below that of the Sara (about the 

 present village of Cheraw). They are mentioned in a document of 1732, 

 and again in 1743. In 1 741 they and the Notchee killed several Catawba, 

 whereupon the Catawba pursued them and drove them down into the 

 settlements, necessitating the interference of the colonial government to 

 prevent war between the two parties. In 1746 they and the Sara are 

 mentioned as two small tribes, which had been long incorj)orated with 

 the Catawba. They were restless under the connection, however, and 

 again Governor Glen had to interfere to prevent their separation. 

 This he did by representing to them that either was too weak to 

 stand alone against their enemies, although strong enough when united, 

 enforcing the parable by means of a bundle of ramrods. Incidentally 

 it is learned that the Pedee owned negro slaves, as also did other 

 tribes near the settlements (Gregg, 6). In the Albany conference of 

 1751 they are mentioned as one of the small tribes living among the 

 whites, with which the South Carolina government desired the Iroquois 

 to be at peace (New York, 21). In the following year the Catawba sent 

 a message to Governor Glen to the effect that there were still a great 

 many Pedee living among the settlements, and asking him to advise 

 these to come and live with them (the Catawba), who promised to treat 

 them as brothers. By this means the Catawba represented to the 

 governor that they themselves would be strengthened and the Pedee 

 would run less risk of being killed by hostile Indians while straggling 

 in the woods. It is not imi)r()bable that the invitation was accepted 

 by most of the Pedee who had not already joined the Catawba, although 

 there is a record of some Pedee having been killed by the Notchee 

 and Cherokee in 1755 within the white settlements (Gregg, 7). 



THE SEWEE, SANTEE, W ATE REE, AN^D COl!^GAREE. 



Synonymy. 



Seawees. — Document of 1719 in Rivers, Hist, of South Carolina, 1874, p. 93. 

 Sevwas. — Rivers (anonymous), History of South Carolina, 1856, p. 38. 

 Seicee. — Pureoll, Map of Virginia, etc., 1795. 

 Seivees. — Lawson (1714), History of Carolina, reprint of 1860, p. L'5. 



Santees. — Lawson (1714), op. cit., p. 34. 



Seratees. — Mills, Statistics of South Carolina, 1826, p. 735. 



