GREELEYVILLE — Dragonflies flitted around William Goins, chief of the Black River Tribe of Winyah-Dawhee, as he looked across Manning Highway. Cars sped by, a swallowtail flew overhead and frogs croaked their early morning songs. Just beyond the tree line, the beeps of heavy machinery got louder as the sun rose higher in the sky.

To Chief Goins, they sounded like an alarm.

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