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FREE TRANSLATION 

 (on recto) 



Now! This I say to you members: I talked a great deal. I did 

 not know what happened to the money 2 or 3 weeks ago. They now 

 have $4. It is quite clear in my mind now. My witness has appeared. 

 That is the way it is when someone knows something. Five dollars 

 were lost here at the house — the home of the old woman. I did 

 not listen to what she was saying, but I understand it was the truth. 

 Perhaps they will make it right. I believe I was much mistaken. 



Now! This is all that I, Tsa:li, just wrote for you, Wa:huhu, to 

 read. 



(on verso) 



This is Tsa:Ws letter. 



COMMENTARY 



Although it is undated, this letter must surely have been written 

 within weeks of the preceding document since it conveys Tsaili's 

 somewhat muddled explanation of his loss of council funds. Speck 

 and Schaeffer (1945, p. 175) mention a chief and a body of 12 men 

 (councilmen) who administered the affairs of a Cherokee township. 

 That there was also a judge, an individual who fulfilled a function 

 distinct from that of the chief, is evidenced by the consistent manner 

 in which the two terms digu:gh{o)di:sgi ('the one who decides them') 

 and u:gmviyu:hi ('the principal one') are employed. This letter 

 was addressed to Wa:huhu ('Screech-owl'), whom we know from 

 other documents to have been the Wolf town judge at the approxi- 

 mate date of Tsa:li's communication. 



The verso notation is in the handwriting of Ino :li, who at this 

 time must have been serving as Wolftown clerk. 



Mooney's identification is: "Letter from Tsali for Wahuhii." 



NO. 7.— EXTENSION OF TIME IN WHICH TO REPAY A LOAN 



nv : ddde : gwd 



November 



18ne 



18th 



i:ga 



day 



1853 



1853 



ude : dhiyV : sadi ; sv 

 year 



•s The first syllable is erroneously written i. 



