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Catawba, South Carolina. /  34.85306°N 80.91111°W  / 34.85306; -80.91111. Catawba (cuh-TAW-buh) is an unincorporated community in York County, South Carolina, United States, southeast of the city of Rock Hill . The community, Catawba, was once referred to as Catawba Ridge, but this name recently became unpopular.
The Catawba, also known as Issa, Essa or Iswä but most commonly Iswa ( Catawba: Ye Iswąˀ 'people of the river' ), [3] are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation. [4] Their current lands are in South Carolina, on the Catawba River, near the city of Rock Hill. Their territory once extended into ...
The Catawba River is a major river located in the Southeastern United States. It originates in Western North Carolina and flows into South Carolina, where it later becomes known as the Wateree River. The river is approximately 220 miles (350 km) long. It rises in the Appalachian Mountains and drains into the Piedmont, where it has been ...
The deer skin market helped the Catawba receive European goods like muskets, iron knives, kettles, and cloth but also brought along disease and encroachment. In 1747, the Province of South Carolina allotted the Catawba 15 square miles in the York and Lancaster districts. American colonists considered the Catawba "the best friends the colonist had."
Tribes shown include the Meherrin and Tuscarora in northeastern North Carolina, the Catawba south of Mecklenburg County, and the Cherokee in the far western part of the state. King Hagler (also spelled Haiglar) or Nopkehee (c. 1700–1763) was a chief of the Catawba Native American tribe from 1754 to 1763. Hagler is known as the " Patron Saint ...
Samuel Taylor Blue (c. 1871–1959) was a Native American Chief of the Catawba Nation from 1931 to 1938, 1941–1943, and 1956–1958. [3] He was a leading figure in the tribal community, whether or not he was formally serving as Chief at that time. A strong advocate for cultural preservation, Blue and his mother, Margaret George Brown, were ...