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

C

Cabot, Sebastian, visit to America by

Caddo in Texas, union of, with Cherokee

Caddo, wanderings of

Cairns in Cherokee country –,

Caleebee creek, battle of

Calendars, Kiowa, publication of paper on xxvi, xxix

Calendar systems, Mayan, memoir on xli–xlii

Calhoun on Seneca town

Calhoun, reply to Cherokee memorial by

Calhoun, reply to Georgia’s protest by

Cameron, ——, attempt to seize

Cameron, ——, encounter between Williamson’s force and

Cameron, ——, interception of letter to

Cameron, ——, raid led by

Campbell, Col. Arthur, defeat of Ferguson by

Campbell, Col. Arthur, expedition under (1780–81) –

Campbell, Col. Arthur on British agent and Tories at Chickamauga

Campbell, Col. Arthur on Chickamauga band

Campbell, Col. Arthur on Nancy Ward

Campbell, Col. Arthur on Sevier’s expedition (1781)

Campion in Cherokee lore

Canasagua, De Soto’s visit to ,

Candy, John, printer of Cherokee Phœnix

Cane, Indian use of

Cannibals, myths concerning , –, ,

Canoes, Cherokee

Canos, see Cofitachiqui.

Canup, W. T., acknowledgments to

Cape Girardeau, settlement of Delawares and Shawano at

Cardinal flower in Cherokee lore

Carrington on East Cherokee chiefs

Carrington on East Cherokee constitution

Carrington on East Cherokee in Civil war ,

Carrington on Iroquois

Carrington on Iroquois peace towns

Carroll, Gov. William, treaty signed by

Carroll, Gov. William, on Catawba in Cherokee war

Carroll, Gov. William on English conduct toward Cherokee

Cartier, Indians found on St Lawrence by

Cass, Lewis, reply to Schermerhorn’s proposals by

Casteel family, murder of

Castor Hill, treaty of (1852)

Cat, Cherokee name for

Cataracts in Cherokee lore

Catawba, Cherokee relations with , , –, , , , , –

Catawba, feather ornament of

Catawba, myths of

Catawba name for Cherokee ,

Catawba, population of (1755)

Catawba, sketch of

Catawba, Spanish contact with

“Catgut” in Cherokee lore

Catlin on Tahchee

Cattle raising by Cherokee , , , , –

Cauchi, De Soto’s visit to

Cavitts station, attack on

Cebollita valley, excavation of ruins around xiii

Cedar, lore concerning ,

Censuses of Cherokee , , , , , –

Censuses of East Cherokee –, , , ,

Central America, memoir on numeral systems of xliv, xlv

Ceremony, development of lxxviii–lxxix

Chalaque, De Soto’s visit to ,

Chalaque, see also Tsa′lăgĭ′; Synonymy.

Chance, part played by, in games lxviii–lxix

Charleville on Cherokee wars

Charley, escape, surrender, and shooting of , ,

Chat, see Huhu.

Chatelain, Heli, on Angolan folk tales , , , , ,

Cheowa Maximum, myth concerning

Cheraw, Cherokee relations with ,

Cheraw, sketch of

Cherokee, meaning and derivation of name –

Cherokee, memoir on myths of xxxvii–xxxix, –

Cherokee, study of fraternities, cults, and myths of xxvi, xlvii

Cherokee Advocate, establishment of ,

Cherokee Advocate, myths published by –, ,

Cherokee Advocate on treaty with South Carolina

Cherokee Advocate on western Cherokee history

Cherokee Advocate, revival of (1870) ,

Cherokee agency, attempt to annul treaty of

Cherokee agency, treaties of ,

Cherokee agency, proposal made at treaty of

Cherokee Almanac, establishment of

Cherokee Messenger, establishment of

Cherokee outlet, establishment of , ,

Cherokee outlet, see also Cherokee strip.

Cherokee Phœnix, establishment of , , –

Cherokee Phœnix on Sequoya’s ancestry

Cherokee Phœnix, suppression of

Cherokee strip, cession of

Cherokee strip, establishment of , ,

Cherokee strip, settlement of other Indians on ,

Cheucunsene, see Kunnesee.

Cheyenne, murder of party of

Cheyenne, myths of , , , , , –

Cheyenne, tribal medicine of

Chiaha, Spanish visits to , , , , , ,

Chiaroscuro, development of lxxvi

Chickadee, myths concerning –, , ,

Chickamauga band, declaration of war by (1792) ,

Chickamauga band, hostility of (1875–94) –, , –

Chickamauga band, origin of

Chickamauga gulch, pseudomyth concerning –

Chickamauga towns, destruction of , –

Chickamauga towns, expedition against

Chickasaw, attacks on Cumberland towns by

Chickasaw, attitude of, in Civil war

Chickasaw, attitude of, in Creek war

Chickasaw, boundary between Cherokee and ,

Chickasaw, Cherokee relations with , , , , , , –,

Chickasaw, defeat of French by

Chickasaw, friendliness of, toward English

Chickasaw, land cessions by

Chickasaw, Natchez among

Chickasaw, sketch of ,

Chickasaw, treaty with Virginia and North Carolina by

Chickasaw Council House, treaty of (1816)

Chickasaw Old Fields, treaty of

Chicken, Col. George, expedition under

Chilhowee, myth concerning

Chilhowee, threatened burning of (1792)

Chinook jargon, character and use of –

Chisca, Spanish visits to , ,

Chivington, Colonel, murder of Cheyenne by

Choctaw, attitude of, in Civil war

Choctaw, attitude of, in Creek war ,

Choctaw, Cherokee relations with ,

Choctaw in Texas, union of, with Cherokee

Choctaw, myths of

Choctaw name for Cherokee –, –

Choctaw names for Indian tribes –

Choctaw, sketch of

Chopped oak, traditions concerning –

Christian, Col. William, expedition under

Christian, Col. William, life of –

Christian, Col. William, peace agreement arranged by ,

Christianity among Cherokee –, –, –

Christianity among East Cherokee

Christianity, introduction of, at Kituwha

Church, Captain, on scalping by whites

Citico, ambuscade at

Citizenship, Cherokee, recommendation for

Citizenship in Cherokee Nation, decision of , ,

Civil war, Cherokee attitude during –

Civil war, Cherokee loss in

Civil war, Cherokee suffering from

Civil war, East Cherokee part in –, –

Claiborne, General, defeat of Creeks at Holy Ground by

Claiborne, General on Alabama migration

Clan, features of xlix,

Clan revenge among Cherokee, abolition of –,

Clans, Cherokee –

Clans, Chickasaw

Clans, Choctaw

Clans, memoir on localization of, in Tusayan xli

Clans, Muscogee

Clans, Seneca

Clans, Shawano

Clark, Governor William, Osage-Cherokee conference arranged by ,

Clarke, Peter, on Iroquoian migrations

Clay, Henry, opposition to removal project by

Clover in Cherokee lore

Coça, Spanish visits to , , , , , –

Cocklebur in Cherokee lore

Coffee, General, attack on Creeks at Tallasechatchee, by ,

Coffee, General on battle of Horseshoe bend –

Coffee, General, wound received by, at Emukfaw creek

Coffee among Cherokee

Cofitachiqui, people of

Cofitachiqui, Spanish visits to , , , –

Cohutta mountain, myths concerning , , ,

Colden, Cadwallader, on Iroquoian migrations

Colden, Cadwallader on Iroquois

Colden, Cadwallader on name Allege′wi

Cold mountain, myth concerning

Coldwater, burning of

Colerain, Creek peace made at

Collections made by the Bureau xviii, xx–xxi, xxix

Colonial period of Cherokee history –

Color, pleasures of lxiii

Color, primitive ideas concerning lxxxiv

Comanche, attitude of, in Civil war

Comanche, use of language of, as trade language

Comet, Cherokee name for

Confederacy, features of xlix

Confederate States, Cherokee declaration for

Confederate States, East Cherokee relations with –

Congaree, Cherokee relations with –

Congress, Cherokee representation in

Conjuring in Cherokee myth , –, , , –, –, , , passim

Conjuring, Indian practice of

Conneross, myth concerning

Conoy, association of, with Delawares

Conoy, fate of

Constitution, Cherokee, adoption of , ,

Constitution, East Cherokee, adoption of

Coosa, Creek peace town –

Coosawatee, establishment of mission at

Coosawatee, surrender of prisoners at

Cooshatta, see Koasati.

Cooweescoowee, origin of name

Copper, Indian use of ,

Copperhead, myths and lore concerning –, ,

Corn, Indian use of

Corn, myths and lore concerning –, , , , , , ,

Corncob in Cherokee myth ,

Cornelius, Rev. Elias, on The Suck –

Cornells on Cherokee reception of Prophet’s doctrine

Cornwallis, attempt to invade North Carolina and Virginia by –

Cornwall school, education of Cherokee at

Coronado, trick attempted on

Cosmogonic myths –

Cosmogonic myths, see also Sacred myths.

Coste, De Soto’s visit to

Cotton gin, grant to Cherokee of

Coulanges, Fustel de, description of the “Ancient City” by xli

Courts, Cherokee, narrowing of jurisdiction of

Courts, East Cherokee

Cow in Cherokee myth

Cow-ant in Cherokee lore

Cowee, burning of (1783)

Cowee, legends of –,

Coyattee, treaty of –

Coyote, myths concerning ,

Coytmore, Lieutenant, murder of –

Crab orchard, skirmish at (1794) ,

Crane, myths concerning –, , ,

Craven, Governor, defeat of Yamassee by

Crawfish, myths and lore concerning , ,

Crawford, ——, on East Cherokee desire for removal

Crawford, ——, on numbers of East Cherokee

Creeks among Cherokee –

Creeks, attitude of, during Civil war ,

Creeks, attitude of, during Revolution , –, –, , , , ,

Creeks, attitude of, in 1794, 1795 ,

Creeks, blood of, among Cherokee

Creeks, boundary between Cherokee and

Creeks, cane-splint fire among –

Creeks, Cherokee relations with , , , , , , , , , –

Creeks, chiefs of –, –

Creeks, Choctaw relations with

Creeks, conjuring by

Creeks, friendly, part taken by, in Creek war –

Creeks, genesis legend of

Creeks in Texas, union of, with Cherokee

Creeks, massacre at Fort Mims by

Creeks, myths of –, , , , , –, , , ,

Creeks, Natchez among

Creeks, peace town of –

Creeks, peace treaties with (1796) –,

Creeks, probable origin of Cherokee myths among

Creeks, removal of, to the West

Creeks, sacred square of

Creeks, sketch of

Creeks, songs of

Creeks, Taskigi among –

Creeks, treaty with Virginia and North Carolina by

Creek path, Cherokee attack on settlement on –

Creek path, withdrawal of Creeks to neighborhood of

Creek war, beginning of –

Creek war, Cherokee loss by ,

Creek war, Cherokee part in , ,

Creek war, Cherokee remembrance of

Creek war, pensions to Cherokee veterans of

Cremation by Pueblo Viejo inhabitants xv

Cricket, myths and lore concerning , , ,

Crockett, David, opposition to removal project by

Crow, Cherokee name for

Crow in Cherokee myth , –

Crow town, building of

Culture, processes of xxi–xxv

Culver root, Cherokee lore

Cumberland settlements, raids on –

Cuming, Sir Alexander, mission of, to Cherokee

Curia, see Fraternity.

Currahee Dick, establishment of mission at instance of

Curtin, Jeremiah, myths given by –, –, ,

Curtis act, effect of

Cushatta, see Koasati

Cushing, F. H., model of Zuñi altar by xlviii

Cushing, F. H., study of religious fraternities and cults by xlvii

Cushing, F. H., work of xix

Cusick on Iroquoian migrations

Cusick on Iroquois myths , , ,

Cuttawa, see Kitu′hwagĭ; Synonymy.

Cyclopedia of Indian tribes, work on xxviii–xxix