South Carolina – Indians, Native Americans – Wappoo

Name, Language

• Alternate spellings: Wapoo, Wapou – a Cusabo tribe
• Possible meanings: May come from the Spanish word guapo – which means brave – due to their resistance to missionaries
  
• Language family: Muskogean

Current Status

• Extinct

SC Location, Territory

• Traditional: South of Charleston along Wappoo Creek, which separates James Island from the mainland of Charleston County
  

Population Estimates

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Related SC Names

• Wappoo Creek - Charleston County

History

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Dwellings

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Food

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

Beliefs and Practices

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Related Wappoo Indian Resources

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