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 239 Cosmogonic myths 239 1. How the world was made 239 2. The first fire 240 3. Kana'ti and Selu: Origin of corn and game 242 4. Origin of disease and medicine 250 5. The Daughter of the Sun: Origin of death 252 6. How they brought back the Tobacco 254 7. The journey to the sunrise 255 8. The Moon and the Thunders 256 9. What the Stars are like 257 10. Origin of the Pleiades and the Pine 258 11. The milky way 259 12. Origin of strawberries 259 13. The Great Yellow-jacket: Origin of fish and frogs 260 14. The Deluge 261 Quadruped myths 261