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toward the southwest, and there is probably some connection between 

 their name and that of Keowee River, S. C. Shortly after Lawson's 

 visit, accompanied by the Saponi, Tutelo, Occaneechi, and Shakori, 

 they moved toward the white settlements about Albemarle Sound and 

 some time in 1733 settled farther south on Pee Dee River with the 

 Cheraw, and probably the Eno and Shakori. At a later period they 

 evidently imited with the Catawba, and finally lost their identity in the 

 larger tribe, though some are probably perpetuated in the so called 

 Croatans. 



Keycmwee population. — ^In 1701 Lawson reports that they were about 

 equal in numbers to the Saponi, and with that tribe, the Tutelo, Occa- 

 neechi, and Shakori might number in all 750. Mooney's estimate as 

 of 1600 is 500. 



KOASATI 



This tribe first appears in history in the De Soto narratives under 

 the name Coste, Acoste, Costehe, or Acosta. They were then living 

 on an island in Tennessee River, probably Pine Island, and the river 

 was sometimes called after them the "River of the Cussatees." In 

 1567 they are enumerated among the tribes prepared to dispute 

 Juan Pardo's advance into the interior. Before 1701 the Kaskin- 

 ampo came to live at the lower end of the same island and presently 

 united with them. They gave their name to a settlement of Creek 

 and Cherokee Indians at Larkin's Landing, said to have been es- 

 tablished about 1784, but, at least before 1686, part had moved into 

 the Creek country, where they settled west of the point of junction 

 of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, and most of the tribe soon 

 gathered there. In 1763 a band of this tribe moved to the Tombig- 

 bee, but suffered so much from the neighboring Choctaw that they 

 soon returned. Between 1793 and 1795 another section went to Red 

 River, La. Those who remained behind followed the fortunes of the 

 rest of the Creeks and formed two settlements near the Canadian 

 River, but neither lasted many years and there is now no one belonging 

 to that part of the tribe who speaks the old language. Those who 

 went to Louisiana occupied several different places, the name of one 

 of which is preserved by the present Coushatta. Some lived for a 

 time in the Opelousas district and then went to the Sabine. Later 

 we find Koasati on the Neches River, Tex., and others on the Trin- 

 ity. Those who moved to Texas suffered severely from pestilence 

 and the remainder collected in one village, which united with the 

 Alabama Indians. A part, however, reunited with the Koasati still 

 in Louisiana, and these gathered in what was then Calcasieu Parish, 

 but is now in Allen and Jefferson Parishes between the present Elton 

 and Kinder, where their descendants are still to be found. During 



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