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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Yamasee Indians
		Yamasee was provoked by an attempt of the Spanish civil authorities to send some of them to the West Indies to labour.
		They were finally incorporated with the Seminole and Hitchiti, and, though a small body still preserved the name in 1812, they have now disappeared.
		Yamasee grammar and catechism were compiled by Domingo Báez, one of Fray Sedeño's fellow missionaries.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15732b.htm (214 words)

	Yamasee
		In the late 16th cent., when Spanish missions were established among them, the Yamasee lived in S Georgia and N Florida.
		The Yamasee were initially friendly toward the English, but in 1715 war broke out and they massacred more than 200 white settlers.
		Driven out of South Carolina, the Yamasee returned to Florida, where they became allies of the Spanish against the English.
	encyclopedia.variousstuff.net /articles/Yamasee.html (174 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Yamasee" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Yamasee were a Muskogean Native American tribe that lived in coastal region of present-day northern Florida and southern Georgia near the Savannah River.
		The Yamasee near the Savannah River became allies of the new colony of South Carolina, while those in Florida grew increasingly disenchanted with the Spanish.
		Hann (1992) claims that Yamasee is related to the Muskogean languages based upon a report that a Yamasee spy within a Hitchiti town could understand Hitichiti and was not detected as a Yamasee.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=yamasee (667 words)

	Georgia Tribe Index
		Yamasee Connections.- The Yamasee town and chief names indicate plainly that they spoke a Muskhogean dialect and tradition affirms that it was connected most closely with Hitchiti, a contention which may be considered probable.
		Yamasee History.- The first reference to the Yamasee appears to be a mention of their name in the form Yamiscaron as that of a province with which Francisco of Chicora was acquainted in 1521.
		Yamasee Population.- It is impossible to separate distinctly the true Yamasee from the Guale Indians.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~prsjr/na/se/ga_pg1.htm (5745 words)

	Yamasee - Encyclopedia.com
		Yamasee Yamasi, or Yemasee, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages).
		In the late 16th cent., when Spanish missions were established among them, the Yamasee lived in S Georgia and N Florida.
		The Yamasee were initially friendly toward the English, but in 1715 war broke out and they massacred more than 200 white settlers.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Yamasee.html (412 words)

	Yamasee War - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Yamasee War
		The survivors fled south to join Muskogean peoples in Georgia and Florida, such as the Seminole, and lost their tribal identity.
		The Yamasee moved to South Carolina in about 1687, as they were disenchanted with Spanish rule in Georgia.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Yamasee+War (239 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the 1670s the Westo tribe forced the Yamasee to move south from the Savannah River.
		They were mentioned regularly on Spanish mission census records in northern Florida and the missionary provinces of Guale and Mocama, but usually did not convert to Christianity and remained somewhat segregated from the Christian Indians of Spanish Florida.
		The British settlers were aided by Cherokee, the Creek, and colonists from Virginia, and defeated the Yamasee at Saltketchers on the Combahee River.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Yamasee (668 words)

	Yamasee: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		The Yamasee Indians, favored traders, lived in turn...took refuge in Spanish Florida after the Yamasee War (1715-1718), the Lowcountry was thrown...synopsis of over two hundred years of Yamasee history, meshing at points with that of...
		YAMASEE Yamasi both: yam se, yam, or Yemasee yem, Native...when Spanish missions were established among them, the Yamasee lived in S Georgia and N Florida.
		In 1715 16 the settlers were attacked by the Yamasee, who had become resentful of exploitation by the Carolina traders.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/yamasee.jsp?l=Y&p=1 (1011 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Yamasee War
		The Yamasee War (1715–1716) was a conflict between Native Americans, principally of the Yamasee tribe, and British colonists, which occurred in South Carolina.
		Feeling that the colonists had encroached upon their land, the Yamasee and other groups struck back, killing many settlers.
		The colonists, with the help of people from Virginia and the Cherokee, drove the Yamasee south, where war with the Creek Indians and assimilation into the Seminole tribe virtually wiped them out.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yamasee-War (522 words)

	The Yamasee War
		White fur traders acted on their displeasure by enslaving a number of Yamasee women and children to cover portions of the outstanding debt.
		In the spring of 1715, the Yamasee formed a confederation with other tribes and struck at the white settlements in South Carolina.
		The tide turned against the Yamasee, who were slowly pushed south through Georgia back into their ancestral lands in northern Florida.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1169.html (630 words)

	yamasee
		It was home to an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 Yamasee Indians who lived there between 1700 and 1715...
		He stresses the vulnerable nature of life on the exposed frontier, noting the critical role played by the Yamasee Indians as buffers against the Spanish in Florida and as a source of Indian slaves for the Carolinians.
		The 1715 Yamasee War removed this protection, and stagnating trade and a quitrent...
	www.hallamericanhistory.com /top/sites/10/1/yamasee.html (556 words)

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