Waxhaws

The Waxhaws is the name of both an extinct American Indian tribe and of a geographical area bordering North and South Carolina to the Southeast of the city of Charlotte, N.C.

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The tribe became extinct due to a smallpox epidemic in the early 1700s, which opened up the territory to European settlement. The few surviving Waxhaws joined a related tribe, the Catawba (currently in South Carolina). Some early accounts of the tribe survive, including a section in John Lawson's A New Voyage to Carolina. Variant spelling: Waxsaws.

American Indian: American Indian or, when the context is clear, simply Indian, are terms which refer to indigenous peoples living in parts of the Americas. It has roughly the same meaning as does "Native American", although "American Indian" usually excludes Eskimo and Aleut people. See the below articles, which des...

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