92 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Boll. 196 



FREE TRANSLATION 



I just lent U:l{a)sdu:hi $4.80 from the estate of the dead A:lv:tsi, 

 October 20th. 



Now! Li:di just took $0.50, June 19th. 



I just lent Wa.'huhu $1.00. He paid it in full October 2, 1860. 



Gu:la:tsi just took $2.00, May 7, 1861. 



What Wini owed has just been paid. 



What Ge.'hyahi owed has been paid and the property became hers — 

 $0.75 $0.25. 



What Do:tsu:Whnv owed has been paid. Do:tsu:Whnv removed 

 the debt of $2.50. 



What Li:di owed, $2.12, has just become paid. It was paid by 

 Tse:gh{i)sini. 



A:li paid $3.00, and they just came for it. 



The shipping of the coffin of the dead Wini has been paid for, $2.50. 



I just lent Wa:huhu $2.00, December 25, 1860. He repaid it 

 August 5, 1861. 



Liidi took money from the estate of the dead Tsina:ni. She took 

 it now, $2.00. 



Gu:la:tsi [?] $1.00. I just wrote this January 7, 1861. 



I just lent Di:gahl(u)ghwade:gi $1.00, February 23, 1861. 



The burial clothing of the dead Tsini was paid for, $1.00. 



Two other gravediggers, $0.10 and $0.10. 



Igv:yi bought sugar, $0.10. 



When Wini was alive, E:ni Gilo:hi:yi Godada lost her [Tl^mi's] 

 knife, worth $1.00, on her way. We have just made it right: E:ni 

 replaced it with some long knives. 



De:gi 



A:nuwe:gi 



Ghanu:gada:hv 



COMMENTARY 



Several categories of activities by the township organization 

 are recorded here by clerk Ino:li, some of which have not been 

 reported in the literature on the North CaroUna Cherokee: loans 

 from the estates of the deceased; collection of debts incurred at the 

 sale of the effects of one deceased; restitution to the heirs, through 

 township authority, for property of the deceased lost prior to demise; 

 payment by the township of funeral expenses (although we do not 

 learn whether the outlay was from township funds or deducted from 

 the estate of the deceased); and routine loans from and repayment 

 to the township funds. 



