 They appeared in West Virginia, driving the Tutelo east to live near the Saponi, then punched straight south, through the Chalaques, settled somewhere around the Yadkin river & began preying on the smaller Siouan tribes of the region.After they were defeated by a coalition led by the "Sawannos," much of the land in North Carolina was reclaimed by its former owners.However, Muskogean people from further south filed north into the southern reaches of this area & reformatted themselves to create the Yamasee Nation.