Sissipahaw | |
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Total population | |
Extinct 800[1] (1600) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
On Haw River in present-day Saxapahaw, North Carolina.[1] Possibly in South Carolina.[2] | |
Languages | |
Probably Siouan[1] | |
Religion | |
Native American religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Shakori,[1] Catawba[1] |
The Sissipahaw or Haw were a Native American tribe of North Carolina. They are also variously recorded as Saxahapaw, Sauxpa, Sissipahaus, etc. Their settlements were generally located in the vicinity of modern-day Saxapahaw, North Carolina on the Haw River in Alamance County upstream from Cape Fear.[1] They are possibly first recorded by the Spaniard Vendera in the 16th century as the Sauxpa in South Carolina.[2] Their last mention in history is that the tribe joined the Yamasee against the English colonists in the Yamasee War of 1715.[3] Some scholars speculate that they may have been a branch of the Shakori due to being so closely associated with that tribe but others disagree with this assumption.[1][4]
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