No™or' ^^^' EASTERN CHEROKEE FOLKTALES — KILPATRICK 445 



Figure 14, — Sketches by Olbrechts illustrating the method used to construct a 

 dance house. Top, profile of wall and roof; center, plan for laying of ground 

 timbers; bottom, unidentified. 



The Chief ^^ addressed the people, each in turn. One chief spoke 

 just a few minutes: "Be peaceful; do not fight; do not have anything 

 to do with whisky, etc." Then another chief spoke, and then another, 

 untn seven chiefs ^^ had spoken. 



After the people had been addressed, the peace pipe with seven 

 stems was smoked. ^^ 



2.— THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF THE DANCE HOUSE 



The missionaries had come; they wanted to build a meetinghouse. 

 The people wanted to have a dance house nearby. It was built of logs 

 in a circle and joined at the top like rafters [fig. 14]. 



21 The chief of the settlement. 



*' The headmen of each of the seven clans. 



M OHDrechts' note: "M. [organ] thinks it was of clay: has never seen one. A rock called ganv:hnawa 

 ('pipe') was used to make carved pipes from. M. [organ] still makes them. On second consideration he 

 thinks It possible that the peace-pipe was of this kind." 



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