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  • HOME
  • FIRST CONTACT WITH WHITES
  • Trail of Tears Birthday Story of Private John G. Burnett
  • Notes to the historical sketch of the Cherokee
  • LOCAL LEGENDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
  • LOCAL LEGENDS OF NORTH CAROLINA
  • THE SPIRIT DEFENDERS OF NĬKWĂSĬ′
  • LOCAL LEGENDS OF TENNESSEE
  • LOCAL LEGENDS OF GEORGIA
  • COWEE TOWN
  • ATAGÂ′HĬ, THE ENCHANTED LAKE
  • Trail of Tears…
  • THE FIRST FIRE
  • ORIGIN OF DISEASE AND MEDICINE
  • KANA′TĬ AND SELU: THE ORIGIN OF GAME AND CORN
  • THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN
  • HOW THEY BROUGHT BACK THE TOBACCO
  •  THE MOON AND THE THUNDERS
  • WHAT THE STARS ARE LIKE
  • ORIGIN OF THE PLEIADES AND THE PINE
  • THE MILKY WAY
  • ORIGIN OF STRAWBERRIES
  • THE GREAT YELLOW-JACKET: ORIGIN OF FISH AND FROGS
  • THE DELUGE
  • THE JOURNEY TO THE SUNRISE
  • THE FOURFOOTED TRIBES
  • THE RABBIT GOES DUCK HUNTING
  • HOW THE RABBIT STOLE THE OTTER’S COAT
  • WHY THE POSSUM’S TAIL IS BARE
  • HOW THE WILDCAT CAUGHT THE GOBBLER
  • HOW THE TERRAPIN BEAT THE RABBIT
  • THE RABBIT AND THE TAR WOLF
  • THE RABBIT AND THE POSSUM AFTER A WIFE
  • THE RABBIT DINES THE BEAR
  • THE RABBIT ESCAPES FROM THE WOLVES
  • FLINT VISITS THE RABBIT
  • HOW THE DEER GOT HIS HORNS
  • WHY THE DEER’S TEETH ARE BLUNT
  • WHAT BECAME OF THE RABBIT
  • WHY THE MINK SMELLS
  • WHY THE MOLE LIVES UNDERGROUND
  • THE TERRAPIN’S ESCAPE FROM THE WOLVES
  • ORIGIN OF THE GROUNDHOG DANCE: THE GROUNDHOG’S HEAD
  • THE MIGRATION OF THE ANIMALS
  • THE WOLF’S REVENGE—THE WOLF AND THE DOG
  • THE BIRD TRIBES
  • THE BALL GAME OF THE BIRDS AND ANIMALS
  • HOW THE TURKEY GOT HIS BEARD
  • WHY THE TURKEY GOBBLES
  • HOW THE KINGFISHER GOT HIS BILL
  • HOW THE PARTRIDGE GOT HIS WHISTLE
  • HOW THE REDBIRD GOT HIS COLOR
  • THE PHEASANT BEATING CORN – ORIGIN OF THE PHEASANT DANCE
  • THE RACE BETWEEN THE CRANE AND THE HUMMINGBIRD
  • THE OWL GETS MARRIED
  • THE HUHU GETS MARRIED
  • WHY THE BUZZARD’S HEAD IS BARE
  • THE EAGLE’S REVENGE
  • THE HUNTER AND THE BUZZARD
  • THE SNAKE TRIBE
  • THE UKTENA AND THE ULÛÑSÛ′TĬ
  • ÂGĂN-UNI′TSĬ’S SEARCH FOR THE UKTENA
  • THE RED MAN AND THE UKTENA
  • THE HUNTER AND THE UKSU′HĬ
  • THE USTÛ′TLĬ
  • THE UWʼTSÛÑ′TA
  • THE SNAKE BOY
  • THE SNAKE MAN
  • THE RATTLESNAKE’S VENGEANCE
  • THE SMALLER REPTILES—FISHES AND INSECTS
  • WHY THE BULLFROG’S HEAD IS STRIPED
  • THE BULLFROG LOVER
  • THE KATYDID’S WARNING
  •  ÛÑTSAIYĬ′, THE GAMBLER
  • THE NEST OF THE TLĂ′NUWĂ
  • THE HUNTER AND THE TLĂ′NUWĂ
  • UʻTLÛÑ′TĂ, THE SPEAR-FINGER
  • NÛÑ′YUNU′WĬ, THE STONE MAN
  • THE HUNTER IN THE DĂKWĂ′
  • THE BRIDE FROM THE SOUTH
  • THE ICE MAN
  • THE HUNTER AND SELU
  • THE UNDERGROUND PANTHERS
  • THE TSUNDIGE′WĬ
  • ORIGIN OF THE BEAR: THE BEAR SONGS
  • THE BEAR MAN
  • THE GREAT LEECH OF TLANUSI′YĬ
  • THE NÛÑNĔ′HĬ AND OTHER SPIRIT FOLK
  • THE REMOVED TOWNHOUSES
  • TSULʻKĂLÛ′, THE SLANT-EYED GIANT
  • KĂNA′STA, THE LOST SETTLEMENT
  • TSUWE′NĂHĬ: A LEGEND OF PILOT KNOB
  • THE MAN WHO MARRIED THE THUNDER’S SISTER
  • THE HAUNTED WHIRLPOOL
  • YAHULA
  • THE WATER CANNIBALS
  • HIADEONI, THE SENECA
  • THE TWO MOHAWKS
  • ESCAPE OF THE SENECA BOYS
  • THE UNSEEN HELPERS
  • HATCINOÑDOÑ’S ESCAPE FROM THE CHEROKEE
  • HEMP-CARRIER
  • THE SENECA PEACEMAKERS
  • ORIGIN OF THE YONTOÑWISAS DANCE
  • GAʼNA’S ADVENTURES AMONG THE CHEROKEE
  • THE SHAWANO WARS
  • THE RAID ON TĬKWĂLI′TSĬ
  • THE LAST SHAWANO INVASION
  • THE FALSE WARRIORS OF CHILHOWEE
  • THE EASTERN TRIBES
  • THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TRIBES
  • THE GIANTS FROM THE WEST
  • THE LOST CHEROKEE
  • THE MASSACRE OF THE ANI′-KUTA′NĬ
  • THE WAR MEDICINE
  • INCIDENTS OF PERSONAL HEROISM
  • THE MOUNDS AND THE CONSTANT FIRE: THE OLD SACRED THINGS
  • THE IGNORANT HOUSEKEEPER
  • THE MAN IN THE STUMP
  • TWO LAZY HUNTERS
  • THE TWO OLD MEN
  • THE STAR FEATHERS
  • THE MOTHER BEAR’S SONG
  • BABY SONG, TO PLEASE THE CHILDREN
  • WHEN BABIES ARE BORN: THE WREN AND THE CRICKET
  • THE RAVEN MOCKER
  • HERBERT’S SPRING
  • PLANT LORE
  • Blog
  • Images
  • Historical sketch of the Cherokee people