98 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Boll. 196 



FREE TRANSLATION 



It became necessary for me to write, Tno:li, for you to read. 

 I asked you for a dollar's worth of corn. This is what I said: "I am 

 wiUing to work if you are ready. If you are stiU ready to pull stumps, 

 I will do it, and if you are ready now, I am willing to work." Because 

 I haven't heard from you is the reason I am writing. 

 I, Tsd:n{i)la:tsi, August 7, 1860. 



COMMENTARY 



Although in the Cherokee the tone of this note is somewhat stilted, 

 there is nothing in the text to lend any weight to a supposition that 

 the corn in question is the communal property of a clan or the town- 

 ship. The petitioner proposes a simple arrangement of help in clearing 

 land in exchange for a quantity of com. 



"John Large wants Com and will pay in work" is Mooney's precise 

 identification. 



NO. 36.— ROSTER OF COLONY AT SANDTOWN 



" 'Work' is conceived of as being comprised of multiple motions, hence the plurality of this verb-form, 

 " The prefix inige: has the force of 'still' or 'yet.' 



'8 As written here, this word is either somewhat garbled or representative of a form that Is obsolete. One 

 would expect it to be today dighana:sdi:hl(i)digwd, 

 " More formal for ofe. 



w The first syllable Is erroneously written n(, the last, dv. 

 81 The fifth syllable Is erroneously written ». 



