"C" is for Commission of Indian Trade

"C" is for Commission of Indian Trade. In 1707, the Commons House of Assembly created the Board of Indian Commissioners to regulate the traffic between Indian traders and nearby Indian nations. The law also called for the creation of an Indian agent, who was to spend at least ten months in the Indian lands. Commissioners had to address a variety of problems such as the enslavement of Indians. The inability of the board to end these abuses led to the disastrous Yamassee War (1715-1718). After the war, the colony assumed a direct monopoly over the Indian trade—forcing the private traders out. This act replaced a single Indian agent with government traders, called factors, stationed with the major tribes. The South Carolina Indian Commission system is considered to have been the best among North American colonies.