sentences:  In early 1715 John Barnwell took a census, which identified the Congaree as living in one village, with a total population of 22 men and 70 women and children.During the Yamasee War of 1715, the Congaree joined with other tribes in the fight against the colony of South Carolina.Over half were either killed or enslaved by the colonists and Cherokee; some were sent into slavery in the West Indies.