CONTENTS 



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Int rod uction 5 



The Inoli Letters and other documents 6 



The author of the documents 6 



Translation note 8 



Acknowledgments 9 



The Wolftown chronicles 9 



No. 1. Notice concerning illegal cutting of timber 10 



No. 2, Procedure for borrowing money (I) 11 



No. 3. Procedure for borrowing money (II) 13 



No. 4. aA:L{u)sADi :hi requests a loan from the Wolftown Council- _ 15 



No. 5. Willingness of the treasurer to restore money lost 17 



No. 6. Explanation of the treasurer 18 



No. 7. Extension of time in which to repay a loan 19 



No. 8. SDHi :wi writes on Wolftown politics 21 



No. 9. Letter from sdhi:wi to ino:li concerning school and fodder- 

 pulling 24 



No. 10. Tax roll and record of loans 27 



No. 11. Note concerning some pigs 32 



No. 12. Roll of Echota Methodist Mission 33 



No. 13. Report of a meeting for the purpose of considering tax 



problem s 47 



No. 14. G4X)f7; «(/)[?] regulations 48 



No. 15. tso:tsaga sells his household furnishings 50 



No. 16. o:l(u)tsegi accuses du:na:yi of stealing her dresses 52 



No. 17. Concerning a debt of wahhyan' :da to tsa :n{i)la :ts' 63 



No. 18. The clerk warns debtors 54 



No. 19. Litigation over a debt: sa :yani vs. u:ni :lo:sv 56 



No. 20. Regulations concerning marriage 58 



No. 21. Request for payment of wini's funeral expenses 60 



No. 22. Announcement of auction at home of WAnHYAaADo:GA 63 



No. 23. The oadu:o(i) works in ino.-li's wheatfield 65 



No. 24. e:ni is accused of theft 67 



No. 25. Counting of TT/iv/'s livestock and debt of tsini 69 



No. 26. Claim of ino:li's mother against estate of wini 70 



No. 27. Sale of personal effects of TT/iv^/ 71 



No. 28. Petition to James W. Terrell and tax record 79 



No. 29. The clerk pays Wolftown oiBcials 85 



No. 30. Collections and disbursements: Estate of TF/iv/ 86 



No. 31. Expense account : Recovering a horse 88 



No. 32. Township collections, loans, and expenditures 90 



No. 33. Receipt for payment of a bill at Qualla Store 93 



No. 34. Sale of the estate of ou:dagi:sgi 93 



No. 35. tsa:n{i)la:ts' offers to work for some corn 97 



No. 36. Roster of colony at Sandtown 98 



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