No.'^TSr' ^^^" EASTERN CHEROKEE GROUPS — KUPFERER 259 



[I noticed that some of the dishes still had egg and oatmeal on them after she 

 washed them.] I've always been clean and I taught my daughters to be clean. 



One sunny morning I was in the company of an informant at the bus 

 station. We were greeting people as they walked by. She said: 



See that taxi driver there from Bryson. He said something about the dirty 

 Indians ... If he don't like Indians why don't he stay out of here ... I told 

 him that too . . . I'm gonna knock him down. Indians are no dirtier than any- 

 body else. . . . That boy there [her grandson] I never thought he was going to 

 go up to Jay's with us. He was so dirty . . . none of my children ever been 

 dirty. 



The women and children of both categories 1 and 2 go barefoot 

 during the warm months. But regardless of the season, the adults 

 of category 2 take pains to wash their feet prior to going on a visit 

 or before going down to the village. Even a trip to the hospital 

 for the impending arrival of a baby was delayed while the expectant 

 mother washed her feet! 



CATEGORY 3. ADEQUATE 



This category of homes is typified by neat exteriors. There are 

 grassed yards and flower gardens. The interiors are tidy. They 

 usually have running water and some modern Idtchen appliances. 

 If they do not have plumbing conveniences, plans to install them 

 materialize with greater regularity than they do in the preceding 

 group. "I haven't got a toUet now, but I'm going to build one. I've 

 got my blocks for the septic tank." 



Some of the homes are new, and the owners have been forced by 

 economic circumstances to postpone the inclusion of facilities which 

 they regard as important. 



We just built this house a while ago. It's small; some people call it a doll's 

 house .... I love to carry water, but we do want a bathroom. We miss 

 the showers .... I have hung my hat on better racks than this. 



There are suflScient numbers of rooms for the occupants. Beds are 

 in bedrooms. Occasionally, in the recently built houses, the kitchen 

 and front room may be combined. This state of affairs is regarded as 

 temporary by the owners. 



By and large, individuals of this group follow standardized ways of 

 behaving with respect to hygienic practices. Mr. and Mrs. Smart, a 

 middle-aged couple, are representative. He is more nearly White 

 than she is. One day Mrs. Smart told me that she had run a wire into 

 her arm.« "Polly [her daughter] told me to go to the hospital, but I 

 said I'd soak it in hot water unless it got bad." "Was it rusty?" I 

 asked. Her husband, Chick, said, "Gawd, I stepped on a naU back in 

 the timber one day. By the time I got in to the doctor, it was all 

 swole up. 'Why in heU didn't you come sooner?' the doctor said. 



