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a:?v:i[8] ade:lv 1852 tsa:li ade:lv 



it (hard) Is there money 1852 Tsa:ll money 



agh(a)dhi:ya aye:hli ai'i'v:! ghi:lo 



he watches it central it (hard) is there someone 



ade:lv adho:hl(a)sge:sdi gohwe:li uhn6:[hi]sdi 



money to be borrowing it, one paper to bring it (flex.), he 



aye:hlip] di:sghwanig6:di:sgi wa:sida'i*ni gohwe:li 



central keeper of them, one Wa:sida''nl paper 



agh(a)dhi:ya niga:hl(i)sda 



he watches it it just became 



(SECOND NOTATION) 



dunol>r : dhani p] 4ne ["] i:ga 1853 hudedhiyv:sadi:sv 



January 4th day 1853 this year 



[?] [10] ani:se:n(i)si ghan(e)'i'gw6:gi a'i'nviyi 4 i:ga 



?1 cents it increased March 4 day 



(ON VERSO) 



wa:sida'i'na["] 



FREE TRANSLATION 

 (FIRST NOTATION) 



I write this on March 7th. $103.03 was on hand in the Township 

 [Gadu:g(i)'^] Aid Fund for 1852. Tsa:li is the township [Gadu:g{i)l] 

 treasurer. If one wishes to borrow money, he must bring a letter to 

 the township [Gadu:g{i)l] keeper of the money. Wa:sida^ni has 

 become Inspector of Letters. 



(SECOND NOTATION) 



On January 4, 1853 they counted [?] as interest up to March 4th 



(ON VERSO) 



Wa:sida^na 



COMMENTARY 



There is nothing here that permits us to be certain of the money- 

 lending organization in reference. So far as we know, the Eastern 

 Band of Cherokee had no formal tribal organization prior to 1870; 

 but there is some evidence to indicate that some of the townships, 

 and perhaps aU of them, possessed township governmental machinery. 



« The form a:*hv:i has a ^\^der distribution than that encountered here 



' The linal syllable is Incorrectly written a. 



* More commonly unolv : dhani. 



' An abbreviation forthe termination— t.- we ('-th,"-rd')- 



1' Indecipherable. 



'1 This written variant possibly represents a spolcen variant. 



