FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Cherokee
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Yemassee
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Catawba
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Indigo
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Yamasees (also spelled Yamassees or Yemassees) were a multiethnic confederation of Native Americans who lived in the coastal region of present-day northern coastal Georgia near the Savannah River and later in northeastern Florida.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Yamassee are described as a “very hard-working Gentle people that attempted and succeeded in sharing their knowledge of life, farming and strategies for battle.” Part of their history is the Yamassee War of 1715, that they describe as history’s bloodiest war.
Detailed explanation-3: -SC Location, Territory – Yemassee Indians Traditional: Near the mouth of the Savannah River in Beaufort and Jasper counties. Altamaha Town along the Okatie River was the principal settlement.
Detailed explanation-4: -Not much is known about the Yemassee tribe of long ago. The Yemassee lived along the coast of Florida and Georgia until the Spanish tried to make them laborers so they traveled to the Low Country of South Carolina. They built towns near the Savannah River and the Combahee River.