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Winyah
 Close-up of Emanuel Bowen's 1752 map, Provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, depicting the location of the Winyah or 'Winyou' Indians. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Extinct 106[1] (1715) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Winyah Bay, Black River, and the lower course of the Pee Dee River.[2] | |
| Languages | |
| Siouan (Catawban)[3] | |
| Religion | |
| Native American religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Cape Fear, Pedee, Waccamaw |
The Winyah (/ˈwɪnjɑː/ WIN-yah) were a Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands who lived near Winyah Bay, the Black River, and the lower course of the Pee Dee River in South Carolina during the 18th century. In the early 20th century, anthropologist John R. Swanton suggested they had ceased to exist as a distinct group by 1720 and speculated that members of the tribe may have merged with the nearby Waccamaw.[4] However, the Winyah appear thirty-two years later on a 1752 map between the Black River and Pee Dee River.[5] Their ultimate fate remains unknown.[2]
- ^ Milling, Chapman J. (1969). Red Carolinians (2nd ed.). Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press. p. 222.
- ^ a b Swanton, 103.
- ^ Swanton, 102–03.
- ^ Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 103. ISBN 9780806317304. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ Bowen, Emanuel. "A new & accurate map of the provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia &c., 1752". www.loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
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