South Carolina – Indians, Native Americans – Saluda

Name, Language

• Alternate spellings: ?
• Possible meanings: ?
• Language family: Algonquian

Current Status

• Extinct

SC Location, Territory

• Traditional: Along the upper banks of the Middle Saluda River in Anderson, Greenville, and Pickens counties

Related SC Names

• Middle Saluda River in Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry, Pickens and Saluda counties
  
• Town of Saluda

Population Estimates

• ?

History

• From 1695 to 1712, the Saluda settled temporarily in South Carolina. They are believed to be a small band of Shawnees who were migrating through the area at the time and who moved to Pennsylvania after they left South Carolina.

Dwellings

• ?

Food

• Farming: ?
• Fishing: ?
• Hunting: ?

Beliefs and Practices

• ?

Related Saluda Indian Resources

• Saluda Facts - published in 1920