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size=3>Hi Travis,</FONT></P>
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size=3>In all the extant data from the Catawba language, I have found nothing
that would qualify as what you call “country names.” The evidence from early
narratives indicates that from earliest times, Catawba names such as Esaw (Ysa,
Yssa), Catawba (Catapa, Cataba), Saraw (Xual(l)a, Joara), etc. were the names of
towns, not the names of “countries.” As I noted in my article “Place Names of
Cofitachequi” (Anthropological Linguistics 46.4 (2004):359-436), the only
Catawban town name for which a relatively certain etymology can be proposed is
Esaw (Ysa, Yssa) (from Catawba ‘i:suwaN’ ‘river’). With the exception of Esaw,
Speck’s proposed analyses of purported Catawba names in his “Siouan Tribes of
the Carolinas” are purely speculative. I discuss many of them in the “Place
Names of Cofitachequi” article. The name Cofitachequi, which was the name
applied by the Spaniards to the political entity and the territory in the
Carolinas that included the towns of Ysa and Catapa, is of Muskogean origin and
appears to have been given to the Spaniards by Muskogean speakers on the south
side of the Savannah River. (See the article “Catawba and Its Neighbors” by
Blair Rudes, Thomas Blumer, and J. Alan May in the Southeast volume of HNAI.)
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size=3>With respect to your questions “are all of these peoples thought to be
Catawban?” and what about the other (likely) Catawban tribes, such as the
Keyauwee?,” here is a quick summary of information that is discussed in greater
detail in the previously referenced articles by Ives Goddard and me in
Anthropological Lingusitics and in my co-authored chapter on the Catawba in the
Southeast volume of HNAI.</FONT></P>
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size=3>1. There are good reasons to believe that the Eno, Shakori, Keyauwee,
Waxhaw were not Catawban-speakers. </FONT></P>
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size=3>2. There is one piece of evidence, discussed in both Ives Goddard’s and
my articles in Anthropological Lingusitics, to suggest that the Santee-Seretee
were Catawban speakers. There is also circumstantial evidence suggesting that
the Sewee were politically allied with the Santee-Seretee, which may also
indicate a cultural-linguistic connection, although that is
uncertain.</FONT></P>
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size=3>3. The relationship between the Saraw (Xual(l)a, Joara, Sauro) and the
Cheraw (Chara) is complicated, but one or both of the groups apparently spoke a
Catawban language/dialect.</FONT></P>
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size=3>4. The linguistic affiliations of the Pedee, Wateree, Congaree, and other
historic towns of the Province of Cofitachequi are wholly unknown due to lack of
data, although Catawban etymologies are possible for their names. As Bob noted,
just because a Catawban etymology is possible for a town name, it does not mean
the people in the village spoke a Catawban language. It may simply mean that it
was speakers of a Catawban language who gave the name to the individuals who
wrote it down.</FONT></P>
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size=3>There are a few examples of Catawban names for non-Catawban peoples that
might be considered “country names,” for example, the name M’aNturaN’
‘Cherokee’. However, the antiquity of such names, and their etymologies are
uncertain.</FONT></P>
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size=3>I hope this information is useful.</FONT></P>
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size=3>Let me know if I can help you in any other way with your
proejct.</FONT></P>
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size=3>Best regards,</FONT></P>
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size=3>Blair</FONT></P></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>