Winyaw

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Winyaw Indians (also Winyah, Weenee) were a tribe living near Winyah Bay, Black River, and the lower course of the Pee Dee River in South Carolina. The Winyaw people fought the English in 1715 and became extinct.

[edit] Population

900 includes the Waccamaw, Winyaw, Hooks, etc."; 106 (The census of 1715), one village.

They soon disappear from history and probably united with the Waccamaw. Winyah Bay, S.C., preserves the name.

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