
Cheraw
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- Cheraw (tribe)Cheraw (tribe)The Cheraw , were a tribe of Siouan-speaking Amerindians first encountered by Hernando De Soto in 1540. The name they called themselves is lost to history but the Cherokee called them Ani-suwa'ii and the Catawba Sara...
(variously called Saraw, Suali, or Xuala), a tribe of Siouan-speakng Amerindians who historically lived in Virginia and North Carolina, in the future southeastern United States