Cofitachequi was a paramount chiefdom founded about AD 1300 and encountered by the Hernando de Soto expedition in South Carolina in April 1540. Cofitachequi...

The Lady of Cofitachequi was a Native American woman who served as chieftainess of the Cofitachequi tribe during the 16th century. She was described by...

expedition made two journeys through Georgia - the first heading northeast to Cofitachequi in South Carolina, and the second heading southwest from Tennessee, at...

was locked in a longstanding war with the rival paramount chiefdom of Cofitachequi in present-day South Carolina. The chiefdom remained a significant regional...

In 1540, Hernando de Soto explored the region and the main town of Cofitachequi, where he captured the queen of the Maskoki (Muscogee) and the Chelaque...

the expedition recorded being received by a female chief (The Lady of Cofitachequi), who gave her tribe's pearls, food and other goods to the Spanish soldiers...

Alabama River Valley. The Lower Towns included Coweta, Cusseta (Kasihta, Cofitachequi), Upper Chehaw (Chiaha), Hitchiti, Oconee, Ocmulgee, Okawaigi, Apalachicola...

was spoken by at least some of the people of the paramount chiefdom of Cofitachequi in northeastern South Carolina. If so, that would be the most eastern...

written historical records of this area, which was part of the regional Cofitachequi chiefdom of the Mississippian culture. During the colonial era, European...

Colony of Virginia Cofitachequi Joara...

Portuguese volunteers Northern Utina Coosa chiefdom Tuskaloosa Chickasaw Cofitachequi Joara Defeat and withdrawal of Hernando de Soto. Grijalva expedition...

platform mound and town associated with the Native American chiefdom of Cofitachequi. It appears to be the first of 12 mound towns along the Catawba/Wateree...

Santiago near modern Salisbury, North Carolina, Fort Santo Tomás near Cofitachequi, and Fuerta de Nostra Señora north of Santa Elena. Pardo led two expeditions...

Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins a paramount native Indian chief of Cofitachequi in South Carolina, named by Spanish explorer Francisco de Chicora; cfr...

present-day Augusta, Georgia, de Soto encountered a group ruled by a queen, Cofitachequi. She told him that the mounds within her territory served as burial places...

the fourth oldest city in South Carolina. It is near the center of the Cofitachequi chiefdom that existed in the 1500s. In 1730, Camden became part of a...

platform mounds found on the property. It is believed to be the site of Cofitachequi, a major chiefdom visited by the explorer Hernando de Soto in the 16th...

the slaves. The Africans escaped and joined members of the indigenous Cofitachequi chiefdom in the area, people of the late Mississippian culture. The next...

de Soto's expedition found European goods in the wealthy chiefdom of Cofitachequi (in present-day South Carolina), and determined they were near the site...

Location of mound and town associated with Native American chiefdom of Cofitachequi Bethesda Presbyterian Church 502 DeKalb Street Main Church Building was...

chiefdoms of the Mississippians. Among those chiefdoms de Soto visited were Cofitachequi (probably located near Camden, South Carolina), the easternmost chiefdom...

Alabama. There the expedition recorded being received by a female chief (Cofitachequi), who gave her tribe's pearls, food and other goods to the Spanish soldiers...

Notably, Woodward was the last European to visit the paramount chiefdom of Cofitachequi in 1670. The Westo Indians were initially hostile to the new colony of...

the routes of the Congaree and Wateree rivers up to the native city of Cofitachequi, which had been visited 26 years prior by Hernando de Soto. The expedition...

a Siouan language-speaking people who later inhabited this region. Cofitachequi, in southeast South Carolina, and the competitor Coosa chiefdoms in present-day...

fortified, and the people were of finer quality, excepting those of Cofitachequi. — Rodrigo Ranjel describing the Casqui 1547–49 The expedition later...

that list. Just as Hernando de Soto met a woman he called the Lady of Cofitachequi, John Smith mentions Opossunoquonuske, “Queen of Appomattoc” Even as...

title refers to the Lady of Cofitachequi who had an encounter with outside colonizers and conquistadors. Being that Cofitachequi was a powerful, female leader...

fortified, and the people were of finer quality, excepting those of Cofitachequi. — -RODRIGO RANJEL 1547–49 The site was a 17 acres (7 ha) palisaded village...

 24. ISBN 0-8032-1023-X. Chester B. DePratter (1994). "The Chiefdom of Cofitachequi". In Charles M. Hudson and Carmen Chaves Tesser (ed.). The Forgotten...