Were the Catawba the principal part of the Cofitachiqui?
Read this article, from the website of Mr. Gene Waddell, to gain some interesting insight into this highly civilized and powerful tribe of the American southeast during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Our special thanks to Mr. Waddell for allowing us to use this article for our Catawba-people website. To view and/or download the illustrations accompanying this article, please proceed to the Cofitachiqui Illustrations page. Note that it may take a few minutes to receive this page on systems with a 56K modem due to the large image files.