First Families of Edgefield District South Carolina Early Inhabitants Few of us stop to think that the land on which we now live was once home to the red man. Several hundred years ago the woods of this section were roamed by the Indian, where he hunted and fished and was happy. Indian relics are sometimes unearthed in this region today, and arrowheads are found in the fields and woods. The indians living here, when the first white men arrived, belonged to the Muskhogean family, one of the three great Indian families living in what is now South Carolina. The Muskhogeans, like other great Indian families were divided into smaller groups of tribes. Some of these were Kiawahs, Edistos, Wandos, Ashepoos, Combahees, Yamassees, and Westos, who inhabited the region along the Savannah River now including Aiken County. The Westos, who lived here, are said to have moved about less and farmed more than many of the Indian tribes. The Indians of the low country were afraid of the Westos, but the Westos were friendly to the white man.     REF: Toole - Ninety Years in Aiken County,