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The Waxhaws is a geographical region extending beyond both sides of the border between what now is North Carolina and South Carolina, United States. It encompasses the areas currently known as Lancaster, Union and Mecklenburg counties.
7 de jul. de 2016 · The Waxhaws is an area of vague borders in the lower South Carolina Piedmont. It was named for the Waxhaws, an extinct nation of Native Americans who once lived in the area. The center of the Waxhaws was known as the Waxhaw Settlement, consisting of the general area of Lancaster County south of Twelve Mile Creek and north of Cane Creek.
7 de jul. de 2016 · Waxhaws are an extinct nation of Native Americans that once lived in present-day Lancaster County. Like many South Carolina Indian nations, the Waxhaws spoke a Siouan language. The origin of their name is uncertain. Some believe it means “people of the cane.”
6 de may. de 2017 · Waxhaws. Buford's massacre. South Carolina | May 29, 1780. On May 29, 1780, British commander Banastre Tarleton engaged and overwhelmed a Patriot force under the command of Abraham Buford in a dreadful defeat for the Patriots.
Waxhaws Battlefield. Buford's massacre. See It Now! The Buford Battle Ground Monument, 9 miles east of Lancaster, South Carolina, identifies the location of the 1780 massacre of over 113 Continental soldiers by British-led Loyalist cavalry.
Originally known as “the Waxhaw Settlement,” the region encompasses an area just south of Charlotte, NC to Lancaster, SC and from the Catawba River in the west to Monroe, NC in the east. The area was named for its first inhabitants, the Waxhaw Indians. Who were the first European settlers in the Waxhaw area?
12 de feb. de 2024 · Geographically, the area known as the Waxhaws is a region along the Catawba River spanning both North and South Carolina. Named after a group of native peoples who lived in the area before white settlement, the Waxhaws became the hub of Scots-Irish migration in the 1740’s.
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