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

MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE BY JAMES MOONEY EXTRACT FROM THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1902 CONTENTS Page I--Introduction 11 II--Historical sketch of the Cherokee 14 The traditionary period 14 The period of Spanish exploration--1540-? 23 The Colonial and Revolutionary period--1654-1784 29 Relations with the United States 61 From the first treaty to the Removal--1785-1838 61 The Removal--1838-1839 130 The Arkansas band--1817-1838 135 The Texas band--1817-1900 143 The Cherokee Nation of the West--1840-1900 146 The East Cherokee--1838-1900 157 III--Notes to the historical sketch 182 IV--Stories and story-tellers 229 V--The myths…

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