were protected by the government. Anthropologist John R. Swanton wrote, "In 1808 White neighbors remembered when as many as 30 Pedee and Cape Fear Indians lived in their old territories," but by this time "the Pedee and Cape Fear tribes were represented by one half-blood woman." Notes References Native American history of North Carolina Native American history of South Carolina Native American tribes in North Carolina Native American tribes in South Carolina Cape Fear (region)