CONTENTS 



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I — Introduction 11 



11 — Historical sketcli of the Cherokee 14 



The traditionary period 14 



The period of Spanish exploration — 1540-? 23 



The Colonial and Revoluti(inary period — 1654-1784 29 



Relations with the United States 01 



From the first treaty to the Removal— 1785-1838 (il 



The Removal— 1838-1839 130 



The Arkansas band— 1817-1838 135 



The Texas band— 1817-1900 143 



The Cherokee Nation of the West— 1840-1900 146 



The East Cherokee— 1838-1900 157 



III— Xotes to the historical sketch 182 



IV — Stories and story-tellers 229 



V— The myths ... ^ 239 



Cosmogonic myths 239 



1. How the world was made 239 



2. The first fire 240 



3. Kana'tl and Selu: Origin of corn and game 242 



4. Origin of disease and medicine 250 



5. TheDaughterof the Sun: Origin of death 252 



6. How they brought back the Tobacco 254 



7. The journey to the sunrise 255 



8. The Moon and the Thunders 256 



9. What the Stars are like 257 



10. Origin of the Pleiades and the Pine 258 



11. The milky way 259 



12. Origin of strawberries 259 



13. The Great Yellow-jacket: Origin of fish and frogs 260 



14. The Deluge 261 



Quadruped myths 261 



15. The four-footed tribes 261 



16. The Rabbit goes duck hunting 266 



17. How the Rabbit stole the Otter's coat 267 



18. Why the Possum's tail is bare 269 



19. How the Wildcat caught the turkeys 269 



20. How the Terrapin beat the Rabbit 270 



21. The Rabbit and the tar wolf l 271 



22. The Rabbit and the Possum after a wife 273 



23. The Rabbit dines the Bear 273 



24. The Rabbit escapes from the wolves 274 



25. Flint visits the Rabbit 274 



26. How the Deer got his horns 275 



27. Why the Deer's teeth are blunt 276 



28. What became of the Rabbit 277 



29. Why the Mink smells 277 



30. Why the Mole lives under ground 277 



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