South Carolina SC Edisto Indians


South Carolina – Indians, Native Americans – Edisto


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Click here if you are looking for information on the "Edisto Indian Organization," which has historically been known as the Kusso-Natchez Tribe.

Name, Language

  • The Edisto were a member of the Cusabo family of tribes.

  • Alternate spellings: Edistoe, Edistow, Adusta, Audusta, Orista, Oristanum

  • Possible meanings: ?

  • Language family: Muskogean

Current Status

SC Location, Territory

Related SC Names

Population Estimates

  • 1600: 1,000

History

  • The Edisto aided a group of French Huguenots in 1562 with their unsuccessful attempt to establish a colony at Port Royal.

  • The Spanish established a mission and built Fort San Felipe in the area in 1566.

  • The Edisto and their neighbors rebelled against the Spanish and burned the fort in 1576. The Spanish rebuilt the fort.

  • The Spanish abandoned Fort San Felipe in 1587. The Edisto moved from the lower Edisto River to Edisto Island.

  • In 1663, they entertained English exploring parties.

  • An English colony was established in the area in 1670.

  • Weakened by disease and attacks from neighboring tribes, during 1715, the Edisto gradually disappeared.

Dwellings

  • ?

Food

  • Farming – ?
  • Fishing – ?
  • Hunting – ?

Beliefs and Practices

  • ?

Related Edisto Indian Resources

  • Milling, Chapman J. Red Carolinians. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1969.
  • Swanton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Instition Press, 1984, p. 158.

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