Yamacraw

(noun)

An American Indian tribe that settled parts of Georgia, specifically around the future site of the city of Savannah.

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Examples of Yamacraw in the following topics:

  • Changes in American Indian Life

    • Yamacraw Creek Native Americans meet with the trustee of the colony of Georgia in England, in July 1734.

  • Georgia

    • South Carolina had never been able to gain control of the area; however, American Indians had been forcefully pushed back from the Georgia coast after the Yamasee War, excepting a few villages of defeated Yamasee (who became known as the Yamacraw to distinguish them from the Yamasee in Florida and among the Creek).