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In the seventeenth century they were often known as Esaw or Ushery, apparently from iswă′, river, in their own language.
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It is said that Lynche Creek, S. C., east of the Catawba territory, was anciently known as Kadapau; and from the fact that Lawson applies this name to a small band met by him southeast of the main body, which he calls Esaw, it is possible that it was originally given to this people by some tribe living in east South Carolina, from whom the first colonists obtained it.
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From the earliest period the Catawba have also been known as Esaw, or Issa (Catawba iswă′, 'river'), from their residence on the principal stream of the region, Iswa being their only name for the Catawba and Watereers.
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Manuel Liza, called by the men "Esaw" had enlisted many of them in Detroit for this expedition, and hired them by the year.
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In the year 1693, twenty Cherokee chiefs waited on Governor Smith, with presents and proposals of friendship, craving the protection of government against the Esaw and Congaree Indians, who had destroyed several of their towns, and taken a number of their people prisoners.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Alexander Hewatt
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He calls the two divisions, which were living a short distance apart, by different names, one the Kadapau and the other the Esaw, unaware of the fact that the two were synonyms.
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He calls the two divisions, which were living a short distance apart, by different names, one the Kadapau and the other the Esaw, unaware of the fact that the two were synonyms.
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In 1693 some Cherokee chiefs went to Charleston with presents for the governor and offers of friendship, to ask the protection of South Carolina against their enemies, the Esaw (Catawba), Savanna (Shawano), and Congaree, all of that colony, who had made war upon them and sold a number of their tribesmen into slavery.
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Liza, or Esaw, or Manuel as he was variously called, had the principal command.
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We kill'd a curious sort of Ducks, in the Country of the Esaw-Indians, which were of many beautiful Colours.
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