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Myths of the Cherokee

James Mooney

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. . .s seized at the same time, with all his letters and scientific [123]manuscripts. The national paper, the Cherokee Phœnix, had been suppressed and its office plant seized by the same guard a few days before.312 Thus in their greatest need the Cherokee were deprived of the help and counsel of their teachers, their national press, and their chief.

Although for two months threats and inducements had been held out to secure a full attendance at the December conference at New Echota, there were present when the proceedings opened, according to the report of Schermerhorn himself, only from three hundred to five hundred men, women, and children, out of a population of over 17,000. Notwithstanding the paucity of attendance and the absence of the principal officers of the Nation, a committee was appointed to arrange the details of a treaty, which was finally drawn up and signed on December 29, 1835.313

Briefly stated, by this treaty of New Echota, Georgia, the C. . . Read More

Community Reviews

There are several records of stories similar to the flood, Jonah and the whale, etc that are interestingly similar to biblical accounts, making me wonder if the Spaniards didn't get some missionary influence in before our recorded records. First contact was around 1540 by de Soto, but since they wer

I liked the history of the Cherokee the best in this book, it gave a good history.

Reads a little awkwardly, but if you’re interested in the culture of native Americans you’ll enjoy it.

lots of good information in this book dating back to the days when the Cherokee were still living in the old ways.

A classic, but take the material with a grain of salt. Mooney's translations from the Cherokee language have been widely questioned.

I would like to say that, after all this time, there were more texts as in-depth as Mooney's: but these other texts are just not out there. It is a go to source for those interested in Cherokee studies, but of often overlooked because researchers (or some of them) suggest that Mooney only offers a w

This is an interesting look at some of the earliest documentation of the Cherokee Tribe and their way of life. The first 200 pages is a pretty straightforward historical look at the tribe ending around the start of the 20th century. The next 300 pages are really quite interesting, this is where you

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