The Seewee Indians, who lived on the shores of what is now known as
Bull's Bay, S.C., but was formerly called Seewee Bay, became
discontented with the small prices obtained from the white traders for
pelts. Seeing the ships constantly coming into the Bay from England,
they conceived the idea of building large canoes and reaching England
over the ocean. Several huge canoes, larger than any heretofore built by
Indians, were accordingly constructed; these were loaded with the
proceeds of a season's hunting, and, manned by all the braves of the
tribe, set out in the direction from which the ships came. A gale came
up and the braves were never seen again. Their squaws gradually wandered
off to other tribes. This event took place about 1696.