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Carolina, when it was living about Winy aw Bay and on the lower 

 course of Pee Dee River. In 1683 the Lords Proprietors complained 

 that their colonists had started a quarrel with these Indians in order 

 to obtain slaves. Among Barnwell's Indian allies in his Tuscarora 

 expedition were 24 Winyaw, but some Waccamaw may have been 

 included with them. A trading post for the Winyaw, Waccamaw, 

 and Pedee was established on Black River, and in 1716 removed to 

 Saukey. According to the South Carolina archives, there were 

 Winyaw Indians living among the Santee at that time who were to be 

 encouraged to return to their homes. In 1720 some Winyaw allied 

 themselves with the whites in their war upon the Waccamaw. We 

 may suppose that the remnant finally took up their abode with the 

 Catawba. 



Wim/am population. — ^In 1716 they had one village with a popula- 

 tion of 106. Mooney estimates that in 1600 the Winyaw, Waccamaw, 

 and some other bands may have had a population of 900. 



WIWOHKA 



This was an old Creek town or tribe, but not a primary one. Its 

 origin is uncertain except that it was popularly known as a "stray 

 town," one made up of people who found it convenient to absent them- 

 selves permanently from their proper connections. It is said to 

 have been responsible for the outbreak of the Creek War in 1813 and 

 the Green Peach War after the removal. It appears on the De 

 Crenay map of 1733 and is noted down to and including the census 

 of 1832-33. For a time, after the removal, it had its own square 

 ground, and when that was given up, the remnant associated them- 

 selves with the Okchai Indians. 



Wiwohka population. — In 1738 it was reported to contain 100 war- 

 riors; in 1750, more than 40; in 1760, 100 (including Tcatoksofka and 

 Hatcheetcaba) ; in 1761, 35; in 1792, 70; and in 1799 (Hawkins), 40. 

 The census of 1832-33 credited the town with a total population of 

 301. 



WOOCON 



The history of this tribe before the eighteenth century is unknown 

 unless, as Dr. Douglas Rights (in a personal communication) has sug- 

 gested, they may have split off from the Waccamaw. Lawson reported 

 that they were living in two villages on the lower Neuse River, or not 

 far from it, named Yupwauremau and Tooptatmeer, perhaps about the 

 present location of Goldsboro in Wayne County, N. C. They joined 

 the Tuscarora in their war against the whites in 1711-13, and either re- 

 mained with that tribe permanently or found a refuge among the 

 related Catawba. This tribe is of particular interest only from the 



