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Bald mountain, myth concerning

Ball game among East Cherokee

Ball game among western Cherokee

Ball game, figurative use of expression

Ball game, legend connected with

Ball game, myths and lore concerning , –, , –, ,

Ball game, rites and practices connected with , , , ,

Bancroft, H. H., on Mexican grant to Cherokee

Bancroft, H. H. on scalping by whites

Baptist gap, engagement at

Baptists, work of, among Cherokee , ,

Barbarism, features of xlix

Barcia, A. G., on Creek-Cherokee wars

Barcia, A. G. on De Luna’s expedition

Barcia, A. G. on Rogel’s expedition

Barcia, A. G. on Spanish mission among Cherokee

Barcia, A. G., version of Tsundige′wi myth by

Barnwell, ——, Cherokee reply to

Barringer, Rufus, arbitrator between East Cherokee and Thomas’s creditors

Bartram, William, on cane-splint fire –

Bartram, William on cattle among Cherokee –

Bartram, William on Cherokee relations with Creeks ,

Bartram, William on Creeks

Bartram, William on origin of mounds in Cherokee country

Bartram, William on ruins at Silver bluff

Bartram, William on sacred fire

Bartram, William on Seminole regard for snakes

Bartram, William on strawberries in Cherokee country

Bartram, William on traders’ bells

Bartram, William, travels of, in Cherokee country

Barton, B. S., on Cherokee linguistic relationship

Barton, B. S. on traditional predecessors of Cherokee

Basketry among East Cherokee

Basswood in Cherokee lore ,

Bat, myths concerning –,

Battey on visiting ceremony

Batts, Thomas, exploration into Cherokee country by

Bayagoula, tribe of Choctaw confederacy

Bean, Lieutenant, part taken by, at Horseshoe bend

Bean, Mrs, rescue of, by Nancy Ward , ,

Bean in Cherokee lore ,

Bear, myths and lore concerning , , , –, –, –, , , –, –, –,

Bear, songs of ,

Bear-grass in Cherokee lore

Beard, John, killing of Indians by

Bear Man, myth of , –

Beasley, Maj. Daniel, commander of Fort Mims

Beast fable, development of lxxxii–lxxxiii

Beauchamp, W. M., on Iroquois myths ,

Beauchamp, W. M. on Onondaga name for violet

Beaver on Ohio Cherokee

Beaver, Cherokee myths and lore concerning , –, –,

Bechtler, coining of gold by

Becker, G. F., on Southern gold fields

Bees among Cherokee ,

Bees in Cherokee lore

Beetle, myths and lore concerning , , , ,

Bell, John, flight of

Bennett, L. E., on schools in Cherokee Nation

Bible, translations of, into Cherokee , –,

Bible story among Cherokee –

Bibliography, work in xxx

Biedma on De Soto’s expedition , –

Bienville on Natchez among Cherokee

Big-bear, see Yâne′gwa.

Big cove, purchase of

Big-mush, see Hard-mush.

Big-witch, death of

Biloxi in Texas, union of, with Cherokee

Biloxi, tribe of Choctaw confederacy

Bird town, purchase of

Birds, myths and lore concerning , , , –, , , , ,

Blackberry, myth concerning

Blackburn, Rev. Gideon, establishment of school among Cherokee by

Black-eyed Susan in Cherokee lore

Blackfeet, method of catching eagles practiced by

Blackfeet, myths of , ,

Black-fox, annuity for

Black-fox, enactment signed by –

Black mountain, myths concerning ,

Blacksnake, myths concerning , –, ,

Blacks station, encounter at

Bledsoe on French and Spanish encouragement of Cherokee hostility ,

Blood mountain, myth concerning

Blount, William, endeavors of, for peace

Blount, William, governor of Tennessee

Blount, William, life of

Blount, William on attack on Buchanans station

Blount, William on Chickamauga declaration of war (1792)

Blount, William on origin of Chickamauga band

Blount, William on Shaw’s mission

Blount, William, proposal of, to Cherokee (1795)

Blount, William, Territorial governor

Blount, William, treaty and cession arranged by (1791) –

Blount, chief, settlement of Tuscarora under

Blue-jay, myth concerning

Bluff, The, see Nashville.

Blythe, David, Cherokee story-teller

Blythe, David, myths told by ,

Blythe, James, acknowledgments to

Blythe, James, agent for East Cherokee

Blythe, James, Cherokee story-teller

Blythe, James, myths told by , ,

Boas, Dr Franz, collection of Indian myths by

Boas, Dr Franz on dissemination of Indian myths

Boas, Dr Franz on Tillamook myths

Boats, see Canoes.

Bonnell on Cherokee agreement with Mexico

Bonnell on Cherokee expulsion from Texas

Bonnell on Houston’s efforts in behalf of Cherokee

Bonnell on Mexican grant to Cherokee

Books, myth concerning

Boon, Daniel, leader of pioneer advance

Boudinot, Cornelius, myths told by ,

Boudinot, Cornelius, opening of grave on farm of

Boudinot, Dr Elias, on Cherokee myths

Boudinot, Elias, Bible translation by

Boudinot, Elias, editor of Cherokee Phœnix

Boudinot, Elias, education of

Boudinot, Elias, killing of –

Boudinot, Elias, signing of new Echota treaty by

Boudinot, Elias, vote of, on Ridge treaty

Bouton on deluge myth

Bowers, G. M., acknowledgments to

Bowl, capture of family of

Bowl, emigration of –, , ,

Bowl, killing of

Bowl, paper carried by, at death ,

Bowl, treaty with Texas signed by

Bowles, ——, opposition to McGillivray by

Boyd, D. T., suit of United States against

Brainerd, Rev. David, life of

Brainerd mission, attendance of pupils at –

Brainerd mission, establishment of ,

Brant, Sir William Johnson’s connection with

Brass, see Ûñtsaiyĭ′.

Breath, the, death of

Brier in Cherokee lore

Brinton, D. G., edition of Walam Olum by

Brinton, D. G. on Delaware name for Cherokee

Brinton, D. G. on Delaware tribal organization

Brinton, D. G. on deluge myth

Brinton, D. G. on first appearance of whites

Brinton, D. G. on Flint and Rabbit myth

Brinton, D. G. on name Kitu′whagĭ

Brinton, D. G. on Shawano ,

Brinton, D. G. on Tallige′wi ,

British, encouragement of Indian hostility by ,

British relations with Indians –

British, retention of posts by (1790)

British, withdrawal of, from interior posts

British, withdrawal of, from south

Brooks, Miss A. M., acknowledgments to

Brooks manuscripts on De Soto’s route ,

Brooks manuscripts on Pardo’s expedition ,

Brown, David, Bible translation by

Brown, David on Cherokee condition in 1819

Brown, David on effect of invention of alphabet

Brown, J. M., on ancestry of Sequoya

Brown, Joseph, capture, adoption, and release of

Brown, Joseph, guide to expedition of 1794

Brown, Joseph on attack on Buchanan’s station

Brown, Joseph on Martin’s expedition (1788)

Brown, Orlando, on Catawba among East Cherokee

Brown, Col. Richard, part taken by, in battle of Horseshoe bend ,

Brown, Thomas, teacher among East Cherokee

Brown, Col. ——, British agent at Chickamauga

Brown, Mrs, ransom of

Browning, D. M., on decision of citizenship claims

Browning, D. M. on East Cherokee affairs

Browning, D. M. on opening of Cherokee strip

Bruyas on Mohawk name for titmouse

Bryant, quotation from lxxxix

Bryson, Daniel, on Cherokee heroism

Bryson, Maj. James, acknowledgments to

Bryson, Maj. James on Cherokee heroism

Bryson, Maj. James on Cherokee round up

Bryson, Maj. James on Rutherford’s route

Bryson City, capture of East Cherokee at

Buchanans station, attack on (1792)

Buckle, ——, on Cherokee-Chickasaw war

Buffalo, Cherokee gift of skin of, to Spaniards

Buffalo, myths and lore concerning , , , ,

Buffalo dance, legend of origin of ,

Bugle weed in Cherokee lore.

Bugloss in Cherokee lore

Bullfrog, myths concerning –,

Bullfrog, see also Frog.

Bullhead, Cherokee leader in war with Creeks

Burial, myth concerning ,

Burk, John, on Cherokee invasion of Virginia

Burnet, ——, commissioner to Cherokee

Burnt tobacco, contact with Nûñnĕ′hĭ by

Burs in Cherokee lore

Butler, Rev. D. S., arrest and imprisonment of

Butler, Rev. D. S., Cherokee missionary

Butler, Rev. D. S. on Jackson’s attitude toward Cherokee

Butler, John, Cherokee ball captain

Butler, S. W., myth told by

Buttrick on Cherokee myths , –, , , , ,

Buttrick on Cherokee sacred fire

Buttrick on custom of removing deers’ hamstrings

Buzzard, myths concerning , , , , , , ,

Byhan, Rev. Gottlieb, Cherokee missionary