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Sacred animals among Indians 447
Sacred myths, Indian 229
Sacred myths, instruction in 229–230
Sacred myths, see also Cosmogonic myths; Migration traditions.
Sacred numbers, Indian 431
Sacred things, Cherokee 396–397
Sacrifice, influence of, on development of drama lxxviii
St John, translation of gospel of 110
St Louis, Osage-Cherokee council at 137
St Louis, treaty of (1825) 99
St Louis, Spanish retention of 68
St Clair, General, defeat of 72, 212
St Clair, effect of defeat of 71
Salâ′lĭ, Cherokee story teller 237
Salâ′lĭ, Lanman’s account of 166
Salâ′lĭ, myth told by 476
San Estevan, Fiesta de, witnessing of xiii
San Felipe, establishment of 27
San Fernando de Barrancas, surrender of 81
San Jacinto, battle of 223
San José de Pueblo Viejo, see Pueblo Viejo.
San Juan valley, collection from xxix
Santa Ana, defeat of, by Houston 223
Santa Elena, settlement of 27
Santee, storehouses of 433
Sara, see Cheraw; Xuala.
Sassafras in Cherokee lore 422
Sauxpa, see Waxhaw.
Sawanugi, tribe of Creek confederacy 498–499
Sawanugi, see also Kâ′lahû′; Shawano.
Sawnook, see Kâ′lahû′.
Sawyer, W. M., work of xxx
Savagery, features of xlix
Savanna, see Shawano.
Scalp dance, Cherokee 496
Scalping, British encouragement of 47
Scalping by East Cherokee 170
Scalping by whites 50, 51–53, 208–209
Scalping, encouragement of, by South Carolina 52
Scandinavians, myths of 431
Schermerhorn, Rev. J. F., Major Davis on methods of 126–127
Schermerhorn, Rev. J. F., negotiation of Removal treaty by 121, 125
Schoolbooks in Cherokee language 112, 151
Schoolcraft, H. R., on Cherokee chief among Seneca 353
Schoolcraft, H. R. on Cherokee-Iroquois wars 356–357, 485, 489, 491–492
Schoolcraft, H. R. on Cherokee migrations 21
Schoolcraft, H. R. on Cherokee myths 429–444
Schoolcraft, H. R., on Cherokee relations with Catawba 381
Schoolcraft, H. R. on Delaware name for Cherokee 378
Schoolcraft, H. R. on Iroquois 485
Schoolcraft, H. R. on Iroquois myths 469, 501, 504
Schoolcraft, H. R. on Iroquois peace mission 365, 485
Schoolcraft, H. R. on name Kĭtu′whagĭ 181
Schoolcraft, H. R. on name Mississippi 190
Schoolcraft, H. R. on name Tallulah 417
Schoolcraft, H. R. on Ojibwa myths 437, 470
Schoolcraft, H. R. on Seneca town 351, 485
Schoolcraft, H. R. on Shawano wars 372, 494
Schoolcraft, H. R. on Wyandot traditions concerning Cherokee 19
Schools among Cherokee 84, 104, 139, 152, 155
Schools among East Cherokee 174–176, 180
School books in Cherokee language 112, 151
Scissor-tail in Cherokee myth 285
Scotch blood among Cherokee 83
Scott, Col. H. S., work of xxvi–xxvii
Scott, S. S., report on East Cherokee affairs by 170–171
Scott, William, killing of party under 76–77, 100–101
Scott, William, legend told by 482
Scott, Gen. Winfield, appointment of, to effect Removal 129
Scott, Gen. Winfield, compromise with Cherokee refugees by 157
Scott, Gen. Winfield, part taken by, in Removal 130–132
Scott, Gen. Winfield, proclamation to Cherokee by 129–130
Scratching, Cherokee ceremony 230, 476
Screech-owl, Cherokee name for 281, 284
Screech-owl, myths concerning 241
Sculpture, development of lxxiv–lxxv
Selu, myths concerning 242–249, 323–324, 431–433, 471
Seminole, attitude of, in Civil war 148
Seminole, myths and lore of 454, 457
Seminole, origin of 99
Senac, Father, burning of 477
Seneca, agreement between Erie and 352
Seneca, Cherokee legends of conflicts with 232
Seneca, clans of 483
Seneca, legends of Cherokee wars with 356–357, 359–370, 489–494
Seneca, peace embassies of 109, 352, 353–356, 365, 367–370, 485–488, 491–494
Seneca, peace towns among 208
Seneca, tract set apart for 142
Seneca town, encounter at 50
Seneca town, Schoolcraft’s statement concerning 351–485
Seoqgwageono, myth concerning 369–370
Sequoya, grant of money to 139
Sequoya, life and work of 108–110
Sequoya on Iroquois peace embassy 353–355, 485
Sequoya, opposition to syllabary of 351
Sequoya, part taken by, in reorganization 135, 147
Sequoya, pension to 148
Sequoya, removal of, to the west 138
Sequoya, resolution signed by (1839) 135
Sequoya, search for lost Cherokee by 501
Sequoya, treaty signed by (1828) 14
Sequoya, tree named after 148
Sequoya, visit to western Cherokee by 137–138
Seri, publication of paper on xxix
Seri, study of implements of xxi–xxii
Service berries, myths concerning 259
Set-ängya, death song of 491–492
Set-ängya, war medicine of 501
Sĕʻtsĭ mound, myth concerning 335
Seven in Cherokee myth 431, 433
Sevier, Gov. John, defeat of Ferguson by 57
Sevier, Gov. John, defeat of Indian raiders by (1781) 59
Sevier, Gov. John, expeditions against Cherokee under (1780–81, 1788, 1793) 57–58, 65, 66, 75, 82
Sevier, Gov. John, expedition against Chickamauga towns under (1782) 60
Sevier, Gov. John, expedition against Hiwassee towns under (1786) 63
Sevier, Gov. John, expedition against Overhill towns under (1781) 58–59
Sevier, Gov. John, life of 210–211
Sevier, Gov. John, prevention of burning of Chilhowee by 73
Shaw, Leonard D., appointment of, as Government ethnologist 70–71
Shawano among Cherokee, number of 157
Shawano, anti-American confederacy headed by 72
Shawano, attack on Buchanans station by 73
Shawano, attitude of, during Revolution 55
Shawano blood among Cherokee 234
Shawano, character of 461
Shawano, Cherokee invitations to 105, 136
Shawano, Cherokee relations with 14, 15, 31–32, 38, 384
Shawano, hostility of, to Americans 66–67, 74
Shawano, incorporation of, with Cherokee 99, 161
Shawano in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143
Shawano, legends concerning 486–487
Shawano, legends of Cherokee wars with 370–378
Shawano, myths of 437
Shawano, probable origin of Cherokee myths among 235
Shawano, separation of, from Delawares 18–19
Shawano, trans-Mississippi migration of 99
Shea, J. G., on De Soto’s route 193, 198
Shea, J. G. on early Spanish settlements 27
Shea, J. G. on Rogel’s expedition 201–202
Shea, J. G. on Spanish mission among Cherokee 29
Sheep, Cherokee name for 265
Sheep, raising of, by Cherokee 112
Shelby, Colonel, defeat of Ferguson by 57
Shelby, Colonel, expedition against Chickamauga towns under 56
Shining rock, myth concerning 480
Shoe-boots, war medicine of 394
Shumopovi, study of altar at xlvii, xlviii, xlix, l–lii
Sia, studies of fraternities and cults of xlvi
Sibbald, John A., special agent to Cherokee 175
Sibley, ——, on Cherokee in Arkansas in 1805 101
Sibley, ——, on Mobilian trade language 187
Sign language, study of xxvii
Siler, D. W., East Cherokee census by 167
Silver, myth concerning 350–351
Similitude, development of lxxxviii–lxxxix
Sin, myths concerning origin of 248–249
Sinti, Kiowa myths of 434, 449
Siouan tribes, study of xxix
Sioux, legends concerning 386
Sioux, use of language of, as trade language 188
Sissipahaw, Spanish contract with 28
Six Nations, see Iroquois.
Skill, pleasures of lxviii–lxix
Skunk in Cherokee myth 265–266
Sky People, myths concerning 362–363, 492
Sky vault, myths concerning 440
Slaves among Cherokee 76–77, 83, 112, 125, 148, 150
Slaves, Indian, contact of, with negroes 233
Smallpox among Cherokee 36, 61
Smallpox among East Cherokee 171–172
Smallpox in Chickamauga band 56
Smilax in Cherokee lore 425
Smith, Archilla, flight of 134
Smith, Buckingham, on burning of peat bog near Charleston 471
Smith, Buckingham on Davies’ History 202
Smith, Buckingham on De Soto’s route 195
Smith, Buckingham translation of Elvas narrative by 193
Smith, Mrs Erminnie, study of Iroquois myths by xlvii
Smith, Mrs Erminnie on Iroquois myths 436, 439, 443, 448, 469, 473
Smith, Harry, on Natchez among Cherokee 387
Smith, Harry on traditional predecessors of Cherokee 23
Smith, John, on name Rickahockan 183–184
Smith, Gen. Kirby, attempt to enlist Cherokee by 168–169
Smith, N. J., acknowledgments to 13
Smith, N. J., Cherokee story-teller 237
Smith, N. J., clerk of East Cherokee council 173
Smith, N. J., East Cherokee chief 175
Smith, N. J., life of 178
Smith, N. J., myths told by 462, 474
Smith, N. J. on East Cherokee in Civil war 170–171
Smith, N. J. on East Cherokee schools 176
Smith, N. J., work of, among East Cherokee 177
Smith, Sibbald, acknowledgments to, 13
Smith, Sibbald, leader of pioneer advance 45
Smith, Sibbald, on surrender of Cavitts station 75
Smithsonian Institution, acknowledgments to 12
Smyth, Maj. J. A., acknowledgments to 13
Snail, myths concerning 449
Snakes, myths and lore concerning 241, 251, 252–253, 280, 294–306, 313, 346, 414, 433, 436–437, 456, 465, 481
Snake dance, study of xiv
Snake Man, myth of 304
Snowflake, excavation of ruins near xiii–xiv
Sociology, subject-matter of xii
Sociology, work in xxii–xxv
Solomonville, collection from xxi
Solomonville, excavation of ruins near xiv
Songs, Cherokee 400, 435, 468, 472–473
Songs among Indians 463
Sophiology, subject-matter of xii
Sophiology, work in xxvii–xxviii
Sorcery, part played by, in development of games lxviii–lxix
Sorcery, see also Magic.
Sourwood, in Cherokee myth and lore 253, 320, 422, 469
South, myth of daughter of 322
South Carolina, cession of last Cherokee lands in 97
South Carolina, Cherokee relations with 31–35
South Carolina, expedition from, in 1776 49–50
South Carolina, first settlement in 31
South Carolina, local legends of 411–412
South Carolina, production of gold in 221
Space, discussion of lv–lvii
Spain, claim to land south of Cumberland river by 67
Spain, retention of posts in south by (1790) 68
Spain, surrender of southern posts by 81
Spain, treaty with (1795) 81
Spaniards, Cherokee feeling toward 282
Spaniards, encouragement of Indian hostility by 62–63, 64, 67–68, 76, 88
Spaniards, in southern United States 191–202
Spaniards, legends concerning 408
Spaniards, period of exploration by 23–29
Spaniards, relations of, with Indians 98, 99, 100, 101
Spanish needle in Cherokee lore 426
Sparrow, Cherokee name for 281
Spear-finger, see Uʻtluñ′ta.
Spenser, allegory in poetry of xc
Spider, myths and lore concerning 241–242, 309
Spider, see also Water-spider.
Spinning among Cherokee 82, 101, 105, 214
Spinning among East Cherokee 176
Sports, discussion of lxiii–lxviii
Sprague, Senator, speech by, on Georgia laws affecting Cherokee 118
Spray, H. W., acknowledgments to 13
Spray, H. W., East Cherokee teacher and agent 176, 180
Spreading-adder, myths and lore concerning 252, 253, 297, 436, 438
Spring place, establishment of mission at 107
Springstone on Nancy Ward 204
Squash, myth concerning 471
Squier, E. G., on Cherokee myths 436, 440, 442
Squier, E. G. on Cherokee New-fire ceremony 502–503
Squier, E. G. on the heavens in mythology 431
Squirrel, myths concerning 251, 262–263, 286–287
Stand Watie, burning of Ross’s house by 365
Stand Watie, myths told by 429, 444
Stand Watie on Iroquois peace embassy 352, 353
Stand Watie on Iroquois wars 352
Stand Watie, part taken by, in Civil war 148, 149
Stand Watie, threat against Ross by 134
Stanley, J. M., on Iroquois peace embassy 485–488
Stapler, Miss ——, marriage of John Ross to 224
Star feathers, legend of 399–400
Starr, James, flight of 134
Starr, Tom, legend concerning 286
Stars, myths and lore concerning 257, 258, 442, 445, 503
State rights, bearing of Removal struggle on 129
Stecoee, destruction of 49
Stedman on English attempts to enlist Indian aid during the Revolution 47
Stein, Robert, work of xviii
Steiner, Rev. Abraham, Cherokee missionary 84
Steiner, Roland, collection by xx–xxi
Stephen, A. M., work of xli
Stephen, Col. ——, expedition against Cherokee under 45
Stevens on defeat of Creek and Cherokee in Georgia (1781) 60
Stevens on Picken’s expedition (1782) 60
Stevens on Priber’s work 37
Stevens on treaties of De Witt’s corners and Long island 54
Stevens on treaty of Augusta (1763) 45
Stevens on treaty of Hopewell 62
Stevenson, Mrs M. C., model of Zuñi altar by xlviii
Stevenson, Mrs M. C., study of fraternities and cults by xlvii
Stevenson, Mrs M. C., work of xxvii–xxviii
Stevenson, ——, on petroglyphs at Track Rock gap 419
Stikâ′yĭ, see Stecoee.
Stock, Cherokee losses of, in Civil war 149
Stockaded villages among Indians 493
Stock raising by Cherokee 82
Stokes, Agent, on killing of Ridges and Boudinot 134
Stone, W. L., on Sir William Johnson 203
Stone man, see Nŭñyunu′wĭ.
Storehouse of Indian tribes 433
Stories and story-tellers, Cherokee 230, 232, 236–238, 428–430
Strawberry, myths concerning 259, 443, 468
Stringfield, Col. W. W., acknowledgments to 13
Stringfield, Col. W. W. on East Cherokee in Civil war 169–170
Stringfield, Col. W. W., taking of party of East Cherokee to Confederate reunion by 170
Stuart, Capt. John, capture and release of 44
Stuart, Capt. John, life of 203
Stuart, Capt. John, refuge of defeated Cherokee with 53
Stuart, Capt. John, treaty negotiated by 45
Suck, The, myths concerning 312, 347, 464–465
Sugartown, encounter at 49
Suma, work among xvi
Sumac, use of darts of 494
Sun, myths concerning 240, 252–257, 259, 295, 297, 363, 409, 421, 436–438, 440, 441
Sunset land, myths concerning 463, 465
Supreme Court, decision of, in Worcester v. State of Georgia 119, 120
Suyeta, Cherokee story-teller 237
Suyeta, myths told by 442, 448, 450, 451, 454
Suyeta on character of Rabbit 232
Swain on Indian warfare in 1776 52
Swain on Rutherford’s expedition 49
Swain on Williamson’s expedition 50
Swallowtail flycatcher in Cherokee lore 285
Sweat house, see Âsĭ.
Sweatland, S. H., East Cherokee census by 172
Swimmer, myths told by 236, 430, 431, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 443, 448, 450–452, 454–456, 461–463, 466, 468–474, 477, 480, 481, 483, 494, 495, 501
Swimmer on dagûlʻkû geese 439
Swimmer on mounds and constant fire 501–502
Swimmer, songs obtained from 504
Syllabary, casting of characters of 111
Syllabary, effect of, on Cherokee development 110–112
Syllabary, introduction of, among western Cherokee 138
Syllabary, invention of 108–110
Syllabary, opposition to introduction of 351
Symphony, development of lxxiii–lxxiv
Synonymy, tribal, of Cherokee 15–16, 19, 182–187, 351, 378, 382