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

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Sacred animals among Indians 447

Sacred myths, Indian 229

Sacred myths, instruction in 229230

Sacred myths, see also Cosmogonic myths; Migration traditions.

Sacred numbers, Indian 431

Sacred things, Cherokee 396397

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 498499

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, 5153, 208209

Scalping, encouragement of, by South Carolina 52

Scandinavians, myths of 431

Schermerhorn, Rev. J. F., Major Davis on methods of 126127

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 356357, 485, 489, 491492

Schoolcraft, H. R. on Cherokee migrations 21

Schoolcraft, H. R. on Cherokee myths 429444

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 174176, 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 170171

Scott, William, killing of party under 7677, 100101

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 130132

Scott, Gen. Winfield, proclamation to Cherokee by 129130

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 242249, 323324, 431433, 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 356357, 359370, 489494

Seneca, peace embassies of 109, 352, 353356, 365, 367370, 485488, 491494

Seneca, peace towns among 208

Seneca, tract set apart for 142

Seneca town, encounter at 50

Seneca town, Schoolcraft’s statement concerning 351485

Seoqgwageono, myth concerning 369370

Sequoya, death of 147148

Sequoya, grant of money to 139

Sequoya, life and work of 108110

Sequoya on Iroquois peace embassy 353355, 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, syllabary of 219220

Sequoya, treaty signed by (1828) 14

Sequoya, tree named after 148

Sequoya, visit to western Cherokee by 137138

Seri, publication of paper on xxix

Seri, study of implements of xxi–xxii

Service berries, myths concerning 259

Set-ängya, death song of 491492

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) 5758, 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) 5859

Sevier, Gov. John, life of 210211

Sevier, Gov. John, prevention of burning of Chilhowee by 73

Shaw, Leonard D., appointment of, as Government ethnologist 7071

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, 3132, 38, 384

Shawano, hostility of, to Americans 6667, 74

Shawano, incorporation of, with Cherokee 99, 161

Shawano in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143

Shawano, legends concerning 486487

Shawano, legends of Cherokee wars with 370378

Shawano, myths of 437

Shawano, probable origin of Cherokee myths among 235

Shawano, separation of, from Delawares 1819

Shawano, sketch of 494496

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 201202

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 350351

Similitude, development of lxxxviii–lxxxix

Sin, myths concerning origin of 248249

Sinti, Kiowa myths of 434, 449

Siouan tribes, study of xxix

Sioux, legends concerning 386

Sioux, myths of 440, 450

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 265266

Sky People, myths concerning 362363, 492

Sky vault, myths concerning 440

Slaves among Cherokee 7677, 83, 112, 125, 148, 150

Slaves, Indian, contact of, with negroes 233

Smallpox among Cherokee 36, 61

Smallpox among East Cherokee 171172

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 183184

Smith, Gen. Kirby, attempt to enlist Cherokee by 168169

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 170171

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, 252253, 280, 294306, 313, 346, 414, 433, 436437, 456, 465, 481

Snake Boy, myth of 304305

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

Soco gap, legend of 408409

Solomonville, collection from xxi

Solomonville, excavation of ruins near xiv

Songs, Cherokee 400, 435, 468, 472473

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 3135

South Carolina, expedition from, in 1776 4950

South Carolina, first settlement in 31

South Carolina, local legends of 411412

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 6263, 64, 6768, 76, 88

Spaniards, in southern United States 191202

Spaniards, legends concerning 408

Spaniards, period of exploration by 2329

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 241242, 309

Spider, see also Water-spider.

Spinning among Cherokee 82, 101, 105, 214

Spinning among East Cherokee 176

Spirit folk, Cherokee 475477

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 502503

Squier, E. G. on the heavens in mythology 431

Squirrel, myths concerning 251, 262263, 286287

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 485488

Stapler, Miss ——, marriage of John Ross to 224

Star feathers, legend of 399400

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, 236238, 428430

Strawberry, myths concerning 259, 443, 468

Stringfield, Col. W. W., acknowledgments to 13

Stringfield, Col. W. W. on East Cherokee in Civil war 169170

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, 464465

Sugartown, encounter at 49

Suma, work among xvi

Sumac, use of darts of 494

Sun, myths concerning 240, 252257, 259, 295, 297, 363, 409, 421, 436438, 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, life of 236237

Swimmer, myths told by 236, 430, 431, 435, 436, 438, 440, 442, 443, 448, 450452, 454456, 461463, 466, 468474, 477, 480, 481, 483, 494, 495, 501

Swimmer on dagûlʻkû geese 439

Swimmer on mounds and constant fire 501502

Swimmer, songs obtained from 504

Syllabary, Cherokee 219220

Syllabary, casting of characters of 111

Syllabary, effect of, on Cherokee development 110112

Syllabary, introduction of, among western Cherokee 138

Syllabary, invention of 108110

Syllabary, opposition to introduction of 351

Symphony, development of lxxiii–lxxiv

Synonymy, tribal, of Cherokee 1516, 19, 182187, 351, 378, 382