Winyaw

Winyaw
Winyaw
Total population
Extinct as tribe[1]
Regions with significant populations
Winyah Bay, Black River, and the lower course of the Pee Dee River.[2]
Languages
Siouan, Catawban[3]
Religion
Native American religion
Related ethnic groups
Pedee, Waccamaw[2]

The Winyaw were a Native American tribe living near Winyah Bay, Black River, and the lower course of the Pee Dee River in South Carolina. The Winyaw people disappeared as a distinct entity after 1720 and are thought to have merged with the Waccamaw.

  1. ^ Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 103. ISBN 9780806317304. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Swanton, 103.
  3. ^ Swanton, 102–03.

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