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the Ohio to its origin at the junction of the Allegheny and Mononga- 

 hela Rivers and that they there divided into two groups, one going 

 northward and the other southward. Certainly, we may cite in par- 

 tial confirmation of this the course of the Tuscarora Indians, another 

 southern Iroquoian tribe, who left their homes in North Carolina 

 within the historic period and moved up to New York State to join 

 their ancient kinsmen. 



Yet there is much that points to southern affiliations of the Cherokee 

 tribe. On the basis of their historic culture, John R. S wanton (1928) 

 classifies the Cherokees as a cultural subtype of the Creeks. 



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 NORTH CAROLINA 



Figure 1. — Eastern Cherokee Reservation, North Carolina. 



