In a letter written on February 1, 1710, the Anglican missionary Francis Le Jau wrote[3] "Our Indian Neighbours call their Nation Ittiwan: when any of them dies they anoint him all over with Oyl, either of Bear or Ikkerry nuts for they have no other, thats' a constant practice and the Women's employment."
There after a paus and a speech 3 young men holding one another under the Arms begun a Dance followed by the rest in a long train, & serpenting abt.
He also explained that the little painted square hut represented a ship and Le Jau noted that the story reminded him of Noah's Ark, which he then shared with the Etiwan man.
[3] Historian William Ramsey referred to them as the Itewans and considered them to be part of the "settlement Indians" which were smaller people groups that lived surrounded by South Carolina plantations.
Governor Glen makes the last historical mention of them as a tribal nation in 1751, as he proclaimed the "Etavans [sic] as a tribe in alliance with the English Government."