Pre-Contact History
The anthropologist Charles Hudson described the prehistoric and protohistoric ancestors of the Pee Dee as possibly a "southern chiefdom" of the southeastern Mississippian culture type. Around 1550 A.D., the historical Pee Dee migrated from the lower Pee Dee River of the Atlantic Coastal Plain to the upper Pee Dee River of the Piedmont. Neighboring tribes in the Piedmont spoke Siouan languages, but those of the Low Country spoke Algonquian languages. They remained in the Piedmont for about a century and descendants live in the area today.
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