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When a man comes to get a paper, he must have the name of the 

 woman. He will say that they are married; it will be written that 

 they are married. It wUl be written in the thick book that they are 

 married. They will know that the land that they have is also to 

 be mentioned so that both the cohabitants will know that they and 

 their children will live upon their own property. 



COMMENTARY 



Russell (1956, MS., p. 136) informs us that the meeting reported 

 here was of the whole Eastern Band, not of Wolftown exclusively. 

 Ino:li himself implies that there was a yearly meeting of this nature. 

 Such meetings were seemingly held at Echota Mission which was 

 also used for instructional purposes. This particular conclave was 

 held at the instigation of Will Thomas. Under the new regulations 

 the first marriage was that of Ginsey {Tsi:n{i)si) to John Oostooih 

 {U:l{i)sdu:hi), performed upon Raven Fork in Big Cove by the Rev 

 W. W. Smith, with Jefferson Hornbuckle as interpreter. The event 

 was duly reported in the Franklin "Observer." 



We call attention to the injunction to select a minister and a 

 clerk — evidence in favor of the existence of township governments 

 other than that of Wolftown. 



This docmnent is not among The Inoli Letters, but is filed separately 

 at the Bureau of American Ethnology under No. 2279. 



No. 21.— REQUEST FOR PAYMENT OF WINI'S FUNERAL EXPENSES 



(on recto) 



gha? na:gwo go:w6:lv:gd ayv o:si[^«] a?n(a)sgv:dhi 



now now I just wrote it I O .-si May 



a:sgwadi:sgv ghwaltr : yi ["] nvdayiirwein-O^.-dv 



finishing, it Qualla-place siie came from over there 



winips] tsud6:idv tsige : sv : gi ["] a'?n(a)sgv:dh 



Winl which named, she which it was May 



gha'i'lv 28ne i:ga u:hl(i)sgwadi:si a:hni 



month 28th day she just finished here 



dhani:sip] na:sgihno: tsuhnuw6:sdi ganoyv:gv 



Tennessee that, and to wear them, she buried, she 



tsu : gf : wahl (o) di [s" ) nu : hi (i) sdanv : gi adi : na 



expensive then it did become then 



«« 'Sudatory.' 



«' Mooney (1900, p. 526) says that Qualla {Ohwa-.la) Is the Cherokee form of'Polly,' and that a woman so 

 named formerly lived in the vicinity of Qualla post office and trading post. A manuscript in our possession, 

 a key to esoteric terms employed in conjuring, states that It is a ritualism for any Edenic abode. 



« 'Winny.' 



M Tsige-.sv and lsige:sv:gi have the specific meaning of the 'late.' 



«« The etymology of this word is discussed in KUpatrick (1962 b, p. 41). 



SI This word also can mean 'cost,' 'value,' 'price'. 



