South Carolina – Indians, Native Americans – Winyah

Name, Language

• Alternate spellings: Winyaw, Weenee
• Possible meanings: ?
• Language family: Siouan

Current Status

• Extinct

SC Location, Territory

• Traditional: Winyah Bay, Black River, and Lower Pee Dee River in Georgetown County

Related SC Names

• Winyah Bay in Georgetown County

Population Estimates

• 1715: 106

History

• Warriors fought with colonists in the Tuscarora War of 1711, but later withdrew.

• May have fought with colonists against the Waccamaw tribe in 1720.

• Sometime in the mid 1700s, the tribe disappeared, possibly merged with a neighboring group.

Dwellings

• ?

Food

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

Beliefs and Practices

• ?

Related Winyah Indian Resources

• Swanton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Instition Press, 1984, pp. 90-92.