[Gutenberg 45634] • Myths of the Cherokee / Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by Mooney, James -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE I—INTRODUCTION II—HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHEROKEE

The Traditionary Period The Period of Spanish Exploration—1540–? The Colonial and Revolutionary Period—1654–1784 Relations with the United States

FROM THE FIRST TREATY TO THE REMOVAL—1785–1838 THE REMOVAL—1838–39 THE ARKANSAS BAND—1817–1838 THE TEXAS BAND—1817–1900 THE CHEROKEE NATION IN THE WEST—1840–1900 THE EASTERN BAND

III—NOTES TO THE HISTORICAL SKETCH IV—STORIES AND STORY TELLERS V—THE MYTHS

Cosmogonic Myths

1. HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE 2. THE FIRST FIRE 3. KANA′TĬ AND SELU: THE ORIGIN OF GAME AND CORN 4. ORIGIN OF DISEASE AND MEDICINE 5. THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN 6. HOW THEY BROUGHT BACK THE TOBACCO 7. THE JOURNEY TO THE SUNRISE 8. THE MOON AND THE THUNDERS. 9. WHAT THE STARS ARE LIKE 10. ORIGIN OF THE PLEIADES AND THE PINE 11. THE MILKY WAY 12. ORIGIN OF STRAWBERRIES 13. THE GREAT YELLOW-JACKET: ORIGIN OF FISH AND FROGS 14. THE DELUGE

Quadruped Myths

15. THE FOURFOOTED TRIBES 16. THE RABBIT GOES DUCK HUNTING 17. HOW THE RABBIT STOLE THE OTTER’S COAT 18. WHY THE POSSUM’S TAIL IS BARE 19. HOW THE WILDCAT CAUGHT THE GOBBLER 20. HOW THE TERRAPIN BEAT THE RABBIT 21. THE RABBIT AND THE TAR WOLF 22. THE RABBIT AND THE POSSUM AFTER A WIFE 23. THE RABBIT DINES THE BEAR 24. THE RABBIT ESCAPES FROM THE WOLVES 25. FLINT VISITS THE RABBIT 26. HOW THE DEER GOT HIS HORNS 27. WHY THE DEER’S TEETH ARE BLUNT 28. WHAT BECAME OF THE RABBIT 29. WHY THE MINK SMELLS 30. WHY THE MOLE LIVES UNDERGROUND 31. THE TERRAPIN’S ESCAPE FROM THE WOLVES 32. ORIGIN OF THE GROUNDHOG DANCE: THE GROUNDHOG’S HEAD 33. THE MIGRATION OF THE ANIMALS 34. THE WOLF’S REVENGE—THE WOLF AND THE DOG

Bird Myths

35. THE BIRD TRIBES 36. THE BALL GAME OF THE BIRDS AND ANIMALS 37. HOW THE TURKEY GOT HIS BEARD 38. WHY THE TURKEY GOBBLES 39. HOW THE KINGFISHER GOT HIS BILL 40. HOW THE PARTRIDGE GOT HIS WHISTLE 41. HOW THE REDBIRD GOT HIS COLOR 42. THE PHEASANT BEATING CORN; ORIGIN OF THE PHEASANT DANCE 43. THE RACE BETWEEN THE CRANE AND THE HUMMINGBIRD 44. THE OWL GETS MARRIED 45. THE HUHU GETS MARRIED 46. WHY THE BUZZARD’S HEAD IS BARE 47. THE EAGLE’S REVENGE 48. THE HUNTER AND THE BUZZARD

Snake, Fish, and Insect Myths

49. THE SNAKE TRIBE 50. THE UKTENA AND THE ULÛÑSÛ′TĬ 51. ÂGĂN-UNI′TSĬ’S SEARCH FOR THE UKTENA 52. THE RED MAN AND THE UKTENA 53. THE HUNTER AND THE UKSU′HĬ 54. THE USTÛ′TLĬ 55. THE UWʼTSÛÑ′TA 56. THE SNAKE BOY 57. THE SNAKE MAN 58. THE RATTLESNAKE’S VENGEANCE 59. THE SMALLER REPTILES—FISHES AND INSECTS 60. WHY THE BULLFROG’S HEAD IS STRIPED 61. THE BULLFROG LOVER 62. THE KATYDID’S WARNING

Wonder Stories

63. ÛÑTSAIYĬ′, THE GAMBLER 64. THE NEST OF THE TLĂ′NUWĂ 65. THE HUNTER AND THE TLĂ′NUWĂ 66. UʻTLÛÑ′TĂ, THE SPEAR-FINGER 67. NÛÑ′YUNU′WĬ, THE STONE MAN 68. THE HUNTER IN THE DĂKWĂ′ 69. ATAGÂ′HĬ, THE ENCHANTED LAKE 70. THE BRIDE FROM THE SOUTH 71. THE ICE MAN 72. THE HUNTER AND SELU 73. THE UNDERGROUND PANTHERS 74. THE TSUNDIGE′WĬ 75. ORIGIN OF THE BEAR: THE BEAR SONGS 76. THE BEAR MAN 77. THE GREAT LEECH OF TLANUSI′YĬ 78. THE NÛÑNĔ′HĬ AND OTHER SPIRIT FOLK 79. THE REMOVED TOWNHOUSES 80. THE SPIRIT DEFENDERS OF NĬKWĂSĬ′ 81. TSULʻKĂLÛ′, THE SLANT-EYED GIANT 82. KĂNA′STA, THE LOST SETTLEMENT 83. TSUWE′NĂHĬ: A LEGEND OF PILOT KNOB 84. THE MAN WHO MARRIED THE THUNDER’S SISTER 85. THE HAUNTED WHIRLPOOL 86. YAHULA 87. THE WATER CANNIBALS

Historical Traditions

88. FIRST CONTACT WITH WHITES 89. THE IROQUOIS WARS 90. HIADEONI, THE SENECA 91. THE TWO MOHAWKS 92. ESCAPE OF THE SENECA BOYS 93. THE UNSEEN HELPERS 94. HATCINOÑDOÑ’S ESCAPE FROM THE CHEROKEE 95. HEMP-CARRIER 96. THE SENECA PEACEMAKERS 97. ORIGIN OF THE YONTOÑWISAS DANCE 98. GAʼNA’S ADVENTURES AMONG THE CHEROKEE 99. THE SHAWANO WARS 100. THE RAID ON TĬKWĂLI′TSĬ 101. THE LAST SHAWANO INVASION 102. THE FALSE WARRIORS OF CHILHOWEE 103. COWEE TOWN 104. THE EASTERN TRIBES 105. THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TRIBES 106. THE GIANTS FROM THE WEST 107. THE LOST CHEROKEE 108. THE MASSACRE OF THE ANI′-KUTA′NĬ 109. THE WAR MEDICINE 110. INCIDENTS OF PERSONAL HEROISM 111. THE MOUNDS AND THE CONSTANT FIRE: THE OLD SACRED THINGS

Miscellaneous Myths and Legends

112. THE IGNORANT HOUSEKEEPER 113. THE MAN IN THE STUMP 114. TWO LAZY HUNTERS 115. THE TWO OLD MEN 116. THE STAR FEATHERS 117. THE MOTHER BEAR’S SONG 118. BABY SONG, TO PLEASE THE CHILDREN 119. WHEN BABIES ARE BORN: THE WREN AND THE CRICKET 120. THE RAVEN MOCKER 121. HERBERT’S SPRING 122. LOCAL LEGENDS OF NORTH CAROLINA 123. LOCAL LEGENDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA 124. LOCAL LEGENDS OF TENNESSEE 125. LOCAL LEGENDS OF GEORGIA 126. PLANT LORE

NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS INDEX TO PART 1

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