Wando people
Wando | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| extinct as a tribe | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Southeast South Carolina | |
| Languages | |
| Cusabo language | |
| Religion | |
| Native American religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Cusabo people |
The Wando were a nation of Native Americans who were part of the loose Cusabo alliance based on kinship and cultural similarity.[1] They lived in South Carolina on the banks of the Cooper River.[2] Their name is also spelled Wandoe.[3] Another member of the alliance, the Ittiwan, lived on the Wando River.[4]
Language
The Cusabo language is barely attested.[5]
History
Spaniards explored Charleston Harbor in 1605.[6] English colonists settled near Wando territory in 1670.
In 1675, the Wando, along with their allies, such as the Ittiwan, Sampa, and Sewee petitioned the English settler Maurice Mathews to have protected and reserved lands for them to live in without worry of encroachment. The colonial council agreed to establish a reservation for these tribes to settle near Charleston Harbor, with the Wando and Sewee settling on the southern banks of the Wando River.[6]
The Sewee people lost the majority of their men to an ill-fated ocean voyage, in which they planned to travel to England, but instead were caught in a storm. Survivors were saved by British vessels only to be sold into slavery in the Caribbean. The remaining Sewee were forced to join the Wando.[7]
Swanton surmises that the Wando merged into their neighboring peoples.[8]
Legacy
The Wando River was named for the nation.[3] The United States Navy tug USS Wando, in commission from 1917–1922 and 1933–1946, was named for them.[9] Wando High School is also named for them.
Notes
- ↑ Waddell, Gene (1980). Indians of the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1562-1751. The South Caroliniana series : Bibliographical and textual; 5. Spartanburg, S.C: Published for the Southern Studies Program, University of South Carolina [by] Reprint Co. ISBN 978-0-87152-315-0.
- ↑ Swanton, The Indian Tribes of North America, 98.
- 1 2 Swanton, Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors, 23.
- ↑ Swanton, Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors, 51.
- ↑ Mithun, Marianne (June 2001). The Languages of Native North America. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521298759.
- 1 2 Dahlman, Dahlman (15 May 2014). "Native Americans". Daniel Island Historical Society. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ↑ Olexer, Barbara (2005). The Enslavement of the American Indian in Colonial Times. Joyous Pub. p. 116. ISBN 9780972274043.
- ↑ Swanton, Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors, 71.
- ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Wando
References
- Swanton, John Reed (1922). Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. ISBN 9781404740730.
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