Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

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Cabot, Sebastian, visit to America by 191

Caddo in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143

Caddo, wanderings of 146

Cairns in Cherokee country 2021, 491

Caleebee creek, battle of 93

Calendars, Kiowa, publication of paper on xxvi, xxix

Calendar systems, Mayan, memoir on xli–xlii

Calhoun on Seneca town 485

Calhoun, reply to Cherokee memorial by 115

Calhoun, reply to Georgia’s protest by 116

Cameron, ——, attempt to seize 48

Cameron, ——, encounter between Williamson’s force and 50

Cameron, ——, interception of letter to 47

Cameron, ——, raid led by 48

Campbell, Col. Arthur, defeat of Ferguson by 57

Campbell, Col. Arthur, expedition under (1780–81) 5758

Campbell, Col. Arthur on British agent and Tories at Chickamauga 55

Campbell, Col. Arthur on Chickamauga band 54

Campbell, Col. Arthur on Nancy Ward 204

Campbell, Col. Arthur on Sevier’s expedition (1781) 59

Campion in Cherokee lore 426

Canasagua, De Soto’s visit to 26, 197

Candy, John, printer of Cherokee Phœnix 111

Cane, Indian use of 490

Cannibals, myths concerning 247, 349350, 483, 501

Canoes, Cherokee 496

Canos, see Cofitachiqui.

Canup, W. T., acknowledgments to 13

Cape Girardeau, settlement of Delawares and Shawano at 99

Cardinal flower in Cherokee lore 424

Carrington on East Cherokee chiefs 175

Carrington on East Cherokee constitution 173

Carrington on East Cherokee in Civil war 170, 171

Carrington on Iroquois 485

Carrington on Iroquois peace towns 208

Carroll, Gov. William, treaty signed by 125

Carroll, Gov. William, on Catawba in Cherokee war 44

Carroll, Gov. William on English conduct toward Cherokee 38

Cartier, Indians found on St Lawrence by 190

Cass, Lewis, reply to Schermerhorn’s proposals by 122

Casteel family, murder of 76

Castor Hill, treaty of (1852) 99

Cat, Cherokee name for 265

Cataracts in Cherokee lore 426

Catawba, Cherokee relations with 14, 36, 3132, 44, 49, 165, 234, 380381

Catawba, feather ornament of 504

Catawba, myths of 452

Catawba name for Cherokee 16, 183

Catawba, population of (1755) 39

Catawba, sketch of 498

Catawba, Spanish contact with 28

Catgut” in Cherokee lore 425

Catlin on Tahchee 141

Cattle raising by Cherokee 82, 122, 137, 166, 213214

Cauchi, De Soto’s visit to 29

Cavitts station, attack on 75

Cebollita valley, excavation of ruins around xiii

Cedar, lore concerning 421, 505

Censuses of Cherokee 34, 103, 112, 125, 150, 156157

Censuses of East Cherokee 167168, 172, 176, 179, 180

Central America, memoir on numeral systems of xliv, xlv

Ceremony, development of lxxviii–lxxix

Chalaque, De Soto’s visit to 24, 194

Chalaque, see also Tsa′lăgĭ′; Synonymy.

Chance, part played by, in games lxviii–lxix

Charleville on Cherokee wars 371

Charley, escape, surrender, and shooting of 131, 157, 158

Chat, see Huhu.

Chatelain, Heli, on Angolan folk tales 442, 446, 447, 450, 452, 453

Cheowa Maximum, myth concerning 405

Cheraw, Cherokee relations with 14, 380

Cheraw, sketch of 498

Cherokee, meaning and derivation of name 182183

Cherokee, memoir on myths of xxxvii–xxxix, 3548

Cherokee, study of fraternities, cults, and myths of xxvi, xlvii

Cherokee Advocate, establishment of 111, 112

Cherokee Advocate, myths published by 272273, 449, 450

Cherokee Advocate on treaty with South Carolina 31

Cherokee Advocate on western Cherokee history 146

Cherokee Advocate, revival of (1870) 147, 151

Cherokee agency, attempt to annul treaty of 104

Cherokee agency, treaties of 102, 120

Cherokee agency, proposal made at treaty of 113

Cherokee Almanac, establishment of 112

Cherokee Messenger, establishment of 112

Cherokee outlet, establishment of 124, 139, 142

Cherokee outlet, see also Cherokee strip.

Cherokee Phœnix, establishment of 111, 112, 217218

Cherokee Phœnix on Sequoya’s ancestry 108

Cherokee Phœnix, suppression of 123

Cherokee strip, cession of 153

Cherokee strip, establishment of 124, 139, 142

Cherokee strip, settlement of other Indians on 150, 151

Cheucunsene, see Kunnesee.

Cheyenne, murder of party of 209

Cheyenne, myths of 229, 441, 443, 449, 452, 465466

Cheyenne, tribal medicine of 503

Chiaha, Spanish visits to 23, 24, 26, 28, 197, 199, 200

Chiaroscuro, development of lxxvi

Chickadee, myths concerning 285286, 319, 454, 468

Chickamauga band, declaration of war by (1792) 71, 72

Chickamauga band, hostility of (1875–94) 6267, 70, 7278

Chickamauga band, origin of 54

Chickamauga gulch, pseudomyth concerning 413414

Chickamauga towns, destruction of 55, 7879

Chickamauga towns, expedition against 60

Chickasaw, attacks on Cumberland towns by 62

Chickasaw, attitude of, in Civil war 148

Chickasaw, attitude of, in Creek war 90

Chickasaw, boundary between Cherokee and 62, 66

Chickasaw, Cherokee relations with 14, 38, 44, 67, 72, 371, 389390, 494

Chickasaw, defeat of French by 477

Chickasaw, friendliness of, toward English 35

Chickasaw, land cessions by 86

Chickasaw, Natchez among 386

Chickasaw, sketch of 499, 500

Chickasaw, treaty with Virginia and North Carolina by 63

Chickasaw Council House, treaty of (1816) 98

Chickasaw Old Fields, treaty of 85

Chicken, Col. George, expedition under 33

Chilhowee, myth concerning 375

Chilhowee, threatened burning of (1792) 73

Chinook jargon, character and use of 187188

Chisca, Spanish visits to 23, 27, 201

Chivington, Colonel, murder of Cheyenne by 209

Choctaw, attitude of, in Civil war 148

Choctaw, attitude of, in Creek war 90, 91

Choctaw, Cherokee relations with 72, 390

Choctaw in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143

Choctaw, myths of 501

Choctaw name for Cherokee 1516, 182183

Choctaw names for Indian tribes 182183

Choctaw, sketch of 500

Chopped oak, traditions concerning 415416

Christian, Col. William, expedition under 50

Christian, Col. William, life of 205206

Christian, Col. William, peace agreement arranged by 51, 53

Christianity among Cherokee 3738, 8384, 110113

Christianity among East Cherokee 166

Christianity, introduction of, at Kituwha 165

Church, Captain, on scalping by whites 208

Citico, ambuscade at 65

Citizenship, Cherokee, recommendation for 114

Citizenship in Cherokee Nation, decision of 152, 154, 156

Civil war, Cherokee attitude during 148149

Civil war, Cherokee loss in 356

Civil war, Cherokee suffering from 148

Civil war, East Cherokee part in 161162, 168172

Claiborne, General, defeat of Creeks at Holy Ground by 92

Claiborne, General on Alabama migration 99

Clan, features of xlix, 1

Clan revenge among Cherokee, abolition of 8687, 107

Clans, Cherokee 212213

Clans, Chickasaw 499

Clans, Choctaw 500

Clans, memoir on localization of, in Tusayan xli

Clans, Muscogee 499

Clans, Seneca 483

Clans, Shawano 494

Clark, Governor William, Osage-Cherokee conference arranged by 105, 137

Clarke, Peter, on Iroquoian migrations 189

Clay, Henry, opposition to removal project by 129

Clover in Cherokee lore 421

Coça, Spanish visits to 23, 24, 26, 29, 194, 200201

Cocklebur in Cherokee lore 426

Coffee, General, attack on Creeks at Tallasechatchee, by 90, 91

Coffee, General on battle of Horseshoe bend 9396

Coffee, General, wound received by, at Emukfaw creek 92

Coffee among Cherokee 214

Cofitachiqui, people of 499

Cofitachiqui, Spanish visits to 23, 24, 28, 193194

Cohutta mountain, myths concerning 299, 302, 461, 462

Colden, Cadwallader, on Iroquoian migrations 189

Colden, Cadwallader on Iroquois 485

Colden, Cadwallader on name Allege′wi 184

Cold mountain, myth concerning 480

Coldwater, burning of 67

Colerain, Creek peace made at 81

Collections made by the Bureau xviii, xx–xxi, xxix

Colonial period of Cherokee history 2946

Color, pleasures of lxiii

Color, primitive ideas concerning lxxxiv

Comanche, attitude of, in Civil war 148

Comanche, use of language of, as trade language 188

Comet, Cherokee name for 442

Confederacy, features of xlix

Confederate States, Cherokee declaration for 148

Confederate States, East Cherokee relations with 168171

Congaree, Cherokee relations with 3132

Congress, Cherokee representation in 125

Conjuring in Cherokee myth 255, 277278, 279, 320, 374375, 393394, 501, 502, passim

Conjuring, Indian practice of 495

Conneross, myth concerning 412

Conoy, association of, with Delawares 497

Conoy, fate of 498

Constitution, Cherokee, adoption of 112, 116, 135

Constitution, East Cherokee, adoption of 173

Coosa, Creek peace town 207208

Coosawatee, establishment of mission at 107

Coosawatee, surrender of prisoners at 66

Cooshatta, see Koasati.

Cooweescoowee, origin of name 285

Copper, Indian use of 23, 26

Copperhead, myths and lore concerning 252253, 296, 313

Corn, Indian use of 481

Corn, myths and lore concerning 244245, 246, 248, 249, 421, 423, 432, 471

Corncob in Cherokee myth 436, 441

Cornelius, Rev. Elias, on The Suck 464465

Cornells on Cherokee reception of Prophet’s doctrine 89

Cornwallis, attempt to invade North Carolina and Virginia by 5657

Cornwall school, education of Cherokee at 108

Coronado, trick attempted on 194

Cosmogonic myths 239261

Cosmogonic myths, see also Sacred myths.

Coste, De Soto’s visit to 200

Cotton gin, grant to Cherokee of 85

Coulanges, Fustel de, description of the “Ancient City” by xli

Courts, Cherokee, narrowing of jurisdiction of 156

Courts, East Cherokee 166

Cow in Cherokee myth 265

Cow-ant in Cherokee lore 309

Cowee, burning of (1783) 61

Cowee, legends of 375378, 496

Coyattee, treaty of 6364

Coyote, myths concerning 467, 468

Coytmore, Lieutenant, murder of 4243

Crab orchard, skirmish at (1794) 74, 78

Crane, myths concerning 290291, 325, 445, 455

Craven, Governor, defeat of Yamassee by 33

Crawfish, myths and lore concerning 239, 308, 425

Crawford, ——, on East Cherokee desire for removal 165

Crawford, ——, on numbers of East Cherokee 168

Creeks among Cherokee 142143

Creeks, attitude of, during Civil war 148, 149

Creeks, attitude of, during Revolution 55, 5960, 6266, 70, 72, 73, 74, 77

Creeks, attitude of, in 1794, 1795 78, 80

Creeks, blood of, among Cherokee 234

Creeks, boundary between Cherokee and 62

Creeks, cane-splint fire among 429436

Creeks, Cherokee relations with 14, 15, 22, 33, 38, 62, 89, 142, 372, 382385

Creeks, chiefs of 209210, 216217

Creeks, Choctaw relations with 390

Creeks, conjuring by 502

Creeks, friendly, part taken by, in Creek war 9095

Creeks, genesis legend of 229

Creeks in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143

Creeks, massacre at Fort Mims by 216

Creeks, myths of 430432, 434, 436, 447, 450, 452455, 463, 467, 473, 476

Creeks, Natchez among 386

Creeks, peace town of 207208

Creeks, peace treaties with (1796) 6768, 81

Creeks, probable origin of Cherokee myths among 235

Creeks, removal of, to the West 141

Creeks, sacred square of 502

Creeks, sketch of 498

Creeks, songs of 504

Creeks, Taskigi among 388389

Creeks, treaty with Virginia and North Carolina by 63

Creek path, Cherokee attack on settlement on 383384

Creek path, withdrawal of Creeks to neighborhood of 383

Creek war, beginning of 8789

Creek war, Cherokee loss by 97, 98

Creek war, Cherokee part in 89, 97, 164

Creek war, Cherokee remembrance of 232

Creek war, pensions to Cherokee veterans of 123

Cremation by Pueblo Viejo inhabitants xv

Cricket, myths and lore concerning 269, 309, 401, 504

Crockett, David, opposition to removal project by 129

Crow, Cherokee name for 282

Crow in Cherokee myth 283, 314315

Crow town, building of 54

Culture, processes of xxi–xxv

Culver root, Cherokee lore 426

Cumberland settlements, raids on 6265

Cuming, Sir Alexander, mission of, to Cherokee 35

Curia, see Fraternity.

Currahee Dick, establishment of mission at instance of 108

Curtin, Jeremiah, myths given by 359364, 365370, 473, 489

Curtis act, effect of 156

Cushatta, see Koasati 499

Cushing, F. H., model of Zuñi altar by xlviii

Cushing, F. H., study of religious fraternities and cults by xlvii

Cushing, F. H., work of xix

Cusick on Iroquoian migrations 189

Cusick on Iroquois myths 229, 444, 469, 501

Cuttawa, see Kitu′hwagĭ; Synonymy.

Cyclopedia of Indian tribes, work on xxviii–xxix