colonists. In 1752, Catawba envoys encouraged the Pedee to settle with their tribe. Governor John Glen spoke to Catawba leader King Haigler on May 29, 1755, and said South Carolina had "persuaded the Charraws, Waccamaws, and some of the Pedees to join you [the Catawba]." When Cherokee killed Pedee and Waccamaw people in 1755, they were still living in European settlements. This 1755 mention was the second-to-last historical record of the Pedee people until the 20th century. Swanton wrote, "In 1808 White neighbors remembered when as many as 30 Pedee and Cape Fear Indians lived in their old territories," but "In 1808 the Pedee and Cape Fear tribes were represented by one half-breed woman." Language The Pedee language was extinct by the 19th century. No words from the language were recorded, but linguists suspect the language belonged to the Catawban languages, or Eastern Siouan language branch of the Siouan language family. Pedee may have been a dialect of the Catawba language, which is also extinct. State-recognized entities The State of South Carolina has officially acknowledged three state-recognized tribes that identify as being Pee Dee descendants and one state-recognized group. The state-recognized tribes are: Pee Dee Indian Nation of Upper South Carolina, Little Rock, South Carolina (state-recognized in 2005), 532 members (2008), living primarily in Dillon and Marlboro counties; Pee Dee Indian Tribe of South Carolina, McColl, South Carolina (recognized in 2006). Beaver Creek Indians (also known as the Beaver Creek Indian Tribe), Salley, South Carolina (recognized in 2006). The one state-recognized group is: Pee Dee Indian Nation of Beaver Creek, Neeses, South Carolina (recognized in 2007). References Further reading Further reading H. Trawick Ward and R. P. Stephen Davis Jr., Time before History: The Archaeology of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press, 1999. Joffre Lanning Coe, Town Creek Indian Mound: A Native American Legacy, University of North Carolina Press, 1995. External links Pee Dee Indian Tribe of South Carolina, state-recognized Pedee Indian Tribe, Native American Indian languages 3-D Model of Pee Dee culture ceramic pot, Town Creek site, 1150–1400 CE, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands Native American history of North Carolina Native American history of South Carolina Native American tribes in South Carolina South Appalachian Mississippian culture State-recognized tribes in the United States Unattested languages of North America