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

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A field-based ethnographic compilation opens with a concise historical sketch and notes on storytellers, then presents an organized corpus of traditional narratives gathered from elders. It groups cosmogonic and origin accounts explaining creation, fire, staple plants, death, and the flood; extensive animal and bird tales that account for natural traits and social customs; and legends about serpents, fish, and insects. Ritual formulas, ceremonial songs, and variant versions are recorded alongside comparative observations, emphasizing provenance, performance context, and the continuity of oral tradition within the community.

X

Xuala, De Soto’s visit to 25, 2829, 194, 196

Y

Yahula, myth of 347349, 482483

Yamassee, massacre of whites by 33

Yamassee, migration to Florida of 99

Yâ′nagûñ′skĭ, see Yonaguska.

Yane′gwa, Cherokee chief 164

Yellow-jacket, myth concerning 260, 443444

Yellowhammer, myth concerning 288289

Yellow hill, purchase of 161

Yonaguska, adoption of W. H. Thomas by 160

Yonaguska, life of 162164

Yontoñwisas dance, legend concerning 365, 492

Yowani, see Heyowani.

Ytaua, De Soto’s visit to 201

Yuchi blood among Cherokee 234

Yuchi, Cherokee relations with 385386

Yuchi, in Cherokee territory 142143

Yuchi, myths of 421, 430

Yûñwĭ Tsûñsdi′, see Little People.

Yûñ′wiyă, meaning of 15, 182

Yûñ′wiyă, see also Synonymy.

Yûñwĭ-usga′sĕʻtĭ, see Dangerous-man.

Yupaha, De Soto’s visit to 193

Z

Zeigler and Grosscup on Cherokee myths 467, 476, 478479

Zeigler and Grosscup on East Cherokee chiefs 175

Zeigler and Grosscup on East Cherokee condition (about 1880) 176

Zeigler and Grosscup on Junaluska 164

Zeigler and Grosscup on Jutaculla Old Fields 479480

Zeigler and Grosscup on Rumbling bald 471

Zeisberger on name Tallige′wi 19, 184

Zile, Col. Z. A., acknowledgments to 13

Zile on Cherokee round-up 131

Zuñi, study of fraternities and cults of xlvii

Zuñi, models of altars at xlviii