Saluda Indians – Native Americans in SC

South Carolina SC Native Americans SC Indian Tribes SC Saluda Indians

Name, Language – Saluda Indians

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

Current Status – Saluda Indians

• Extinct

SC Location, Territory – Saluda Indians

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

Related SC Names – Saluda Indians

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

Population Estimates – Saluda Indians

• ?

History – Saluda Indians

• 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 – Saluda Indians

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Food – Saluda Indians

• Farming – ?
• Fishing – ?
• Hunting – ?

Beliefs and Practices – Saluda Indians

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Related Saluda Indian Resources

• Saluda Facts - published in 1920 - click link, then scroll down