Everything about Cofitachequi totally explained
Cofitachequi was a
paramount chiefdom encountered by the
Hernando de Soto Expedition in
South Carolina. The expeditions first encounter with the Chiefdom of Cofitachequi was in April of
1540, at the
Mulberry Site, a large
mound site at the junction of Pine Tree Creek and the
Wateree River, near present-day
Camden. A woman the chroniclers call the
Lady of Cofitachequi was carried from the town to the river's edge on a litter that was covered with a delicate white cloth. This
Lady was considered to be the
chieftainess of the villages by the expedition.
After spending several weeks in the village, the Spaniards took the
Lady and headed to the next nearest Chiefdom to the east,
Joara.
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The people of the chiefdom spoke a
Muskogean language, although the Chiefdom of Cofitachequi is the easternmost extent of this language family. There were 3 levels of political power at Cofitachequi. The
orata was a
lesser noble, seemingly in charge a village or a few villages. The
mico was a
great noble who occupied one of the administrative centers of the chiefdom, presumably complete with a mound. Above these was the
gran cacique, the
great chief or paramount chief. Lesser officials were
ynihas, or
ynanaes, who were chiefs' assistants, perhaps comparable to magistrates. The
yatikas were interpreters and spokesmen. The culture of Cofitachequi was a variant of
Lamar culture that was broadly comparable to the people of
Ocute.
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