Annual Reports, Volym 19, Del 1

Framsida
1900
 

Innehåll

IIntroduction
7
IIHistorical sketch of the Cherokee
10
The period of Spanish exploration1540?
23
The Colonial and Revolutionary period16541784
29
Relations with the United States
61
The Removal18381839
130
The Arkansas band18171838
135
The Texas band18171900
143
The Cherokee Nation of the West18401900
146
The East Cherokee18381900
157
IIINotes to the historical sketch
182
IVStories and storytellers
229
VThe myths
239
The first fire
240
Origin of corn and game
242
Origin of disease and medicine
250
Origin of death
252
How they brought back the Tobacco
254
The journey to the sunrise
255
The Moon and the Thunders
256
What the Stars are like
257
Origin of the Pleiades and the Pine
258
The milky way
259
Origin of fish and frogs
260
The Deluge
261
The Rabbit goes duck hunting
266
How the Rabbit stole the Otters coat
267
Why the Possums tail is bare
269
How the Terrapin beat the Rabbit
270
The Rabbit and the tar wolf
271
The Rabbit and the Possum after a wife
273
The Rabbit escapes from the wolves
274
How the Deer got his horns
275
Why the Deers teeth are blunt
276
What became of the Rabbit
277
VThe mythsContinued Quadruped mythsContinued Page 31 The Terrapins escape from the wolves
278
The Groundhogs head
279
The migration of the animals
280
The ball game of the birds and animals
286
How the Turkey got his beard
287
Why the Turkey gobbles
288
How the Partridge got his whistle
289
The Pheasant dance
290
The Owl gets married
291
The Huhu gets married
292
Why the Buzzards head is bare
293
The Hunter and the Buzzard
294
The Uktena and the Ulûñsûti
297
ÂganUnitsis search for the Uktena
298
The Red Man and the Uktena
300
The Hunter and the Uksuhi
301
The Ustûtlĭ
302

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Sida 140 - In addition to the seven millions of acres of land, thus provided for and bounded, the United States further guaranty to the Cherokee Nation a perpetual outlet west, and a free and unmolested use of all the country lying west of the western boundary of said seven millions of acres, as far west as the sovereignty of the United States and their right of soil extend.
Sida 446 - As soon as we reached the lodge, the bear's head was adorned with all the trinkets in the possession of the family, such as silver arm-bands and wrist-bands, and belts of wampum, and then laid upon a scaffold, set up for its reception, within the lodge. Near the nose was placed a large quantity of tobacco.
Sida 140 - States and their right of soil extend: provided, however, that if the saline or salt plain on the western prairie shall fall within said limits prescribed for said outlet, the right is reserved to the United States to permit other tribes of red men to get salt on said plain in common with the Cherokees; and letters patent shall be issued by the United States as soon as practicable for the land hereby guarantied...
Sida 477 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Sida 135 - Guess" (Sequoya) comes second as vice-president.2 On July 12, 1839, a general convention of the eastern and western Cherokee, held at the Illinois camp ground, Indian territory, passed an act of union, by which the two were declared "one body politic, under the style and title of the Cherokee Nation.
Sida 448 - You know, bear, that our tribes are at war with each other, and that yours was the aggressor. You have found the Indians too powerful for you, and you have gone sneaking about in the woods, stealing their hogs ; perhaps at this time you have hog's flesh in your belly. Had you conquered me, I would have borne it with courage and died like a brave warrior. But you, bear, sit here and cry, and disgrace your tribe by your cowardly conduct.
Sida 447 - He represented, however, that the misfortune was unavoidable, since without doing so they could by no means subsist. The speech ended, we all ate heartily of the bear's flesh ; and even the head itself, after remaining three days on the scaffold, was put into the kettle.
Sida 178 - The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians", with all the rights, franchises, privileges, and powers incident and belonging to corporations under the laws of the State of North Carolina. SEC. 2. That "The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians...
Sida 207 - Cherokee, the Creeks, and probably other Indian tribes, as well as among the ancient Hebrews, the institution being a merciful provision for softening the harshness of the primitive law, which required a life for a life. We learn from Deuteronomy that Moses appointed three cities on the east side of Jordan "that the slayer might flee thither which should kill his neighbor unawares and hated him not in times past, and that fleeing into one of these cities he might live.
Sida 221 - June, 1830, declared null and void ; and no Indian, or descendant of an Indian, residing within the Creek or Cherokee nations of Indians, shall be deemed a competent witness, or party to any suit in any court, where a white man is a defendant.

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