South Carolina – Indians, Native Americans – Congaree

Name, Language

• Alternate spellings: ?
• Possible meanings: ?
• Language family: Siouan

Current Status

• Extinct

SC Location, Territory

• Traditional: On the Congaree River in Lexington and Richland counties

Related SC Names

• Congaree River in Calhoun, Lexington, and Richland counties
• Congaree National Park

Population Estimates

• 1600: 800

History

• Epidemics severely reduced the Congaree population during the 1600s.

• During 1715, the Congaree fought against the colonists in the Yemassee War.

• In 1716, the colonists captured and enslaved over half the population.

Dwellings

• ?

Food

• Farming – Corn, beans, and squash
• Fishing – Variety of freshwater fish
• Hunting – Deer, and other game

Beliefs and Practices

• ?

Related Congaree Indian Resources

• Congaree Facts - published 1920
• Merrell, James H. The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors from European Contact through the Era of Removal. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
• Swanton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Instition Press, 1984, pp. 90-92.