Sissipahaw

Sissipahaw
Sissipahaw
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]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 84–85. ISBN 9780806317304. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 100. ISBN 9780806317304. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. ^ Mooney, James (1894). The Siouan Tribes of the East. Johnson Reprint Corporation. pp. 64–66. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Goddard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).