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Chapter 6: PART II OCCONEECHEE
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A blended volume of prose and verse that records Cherokee history, regional scenery, and traditional lore. It opens with a concise ethnographic account of origins, cultural achievements, and the tribe's forced displacement, then presents a central lyrical narrative about a maiden and her mountain lover rendered in vivid natural imagery. A subsequent section collects and retells Cherokee myths and legends in poetic and narrative forms, and the book closes with a glossary of Cherokee words. Throughout, illustrations and a short author biography underscore an intent to preserve songs, stories, and landscape for future readers.

PART II

OCCONEECHEE

Along Scott’s Creek, below Balsam, N. C.

(Highest railway point East of the Rocky Mts.)

“Rippling, idling, swirling slowly,

Leaping down a waterfall.”