who lived in south carolina before european settlers
History of South Carolina Divided roughly along the Santee River were the two main groups of Native American peoples-- Hokan Sioux (Ancestral Sioux) & the Cusaboan tribes. Relative to the Hokan were mostly the Waccamaw Siouan & the Sewee.[11] That being said, there were also the Wateree, Woccon & the Santee (not to be confused with the Dakota Santee of the west.) Hokan Sioux lived in a narrow, zigzagging region from modern day Ohio to the Carolina coast. Most of the region south of the Santee River was controlled by the Muskogean Cusabo tribes. North of the Sewee were the Croatan, an Algonquian nation related to the Chowanoke, Piscataway, Nanticoke & Powhatan further north. Many descendants of the Croatan survive among the Lumbee, who also took in many Siouan peoples of the region.[12] Deeper inland, other Muskogean tribes merged to form the Yamasee.[13] The lands of the Cherokee may have just grazed into the state, but they were set further back in Appalachia. In the 18th century, both the Yamasee & Cherokee merged with other tribes to form the Creek Confederacy,[14] who later fractured after conquering mush of the east coast. The Yamasee survive today among the Seminole.
North Carolina Woodland-culture American Indians were in the area around 1000 BCE; starting around 750 CE, Mississippian-culture Indians created larger political units with stronger leadership and more stable, longer-term settlements. During this time, important buildings were constructed as pyramidal, flat-topped buildings. By 1550, many groups of American Indians lived in present-day North Carolina, including Chowanoke, Roanoke, Pamlico, Machapunga, Coree, Cape Fear Indians, Waxhaw, Waccamaw, and Catawba.[32]
Gondi people The Gondi
North Carolina As early as 1650, settlers from the Virginia colony moved into the area of Albemarle Sound. By 1663, King Charles II of England granted a charter to start a new colony on the North American continent; it generally established North Carolina's borders. He named it Carolina in honor of his father Charles I.[21] By 1665, a second charter was issued to attempt to resolve territorial questions. In 1710, owing to disputes over governance, the Carolina colony began to split into North Carolina and South Carolina. The latter became a crown colony in 1729.