James Mooney's History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees: Containing the Full Texts of Myths of the Cherokee (1900) and The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees (1891) as Published by the Bureau of American Ethnology : with a New Biographical Introduction, James Mooney and the Eastern Cherokees

James Mooney

Historical Images, 1992 - History - 576 pages

Originally published in 1891 and 1900, Myths of the Cherokees and The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees have been the definitive work on the customs and beliefs of the Cherokee people for decades. Now combined in a single volume, this comprehensive work details and records the history, material culture, oral tradition, language, arts, and religion of the Eastern Cherokee. Mr. Mooney lived with, ate with, even spoke with the Cherokee in their native tongue, and his work was relied upon by students of Native American culture, general readers, and many of the Cherokee people themselves. Combining various methods of research and utilizing sources from his subjects, Mooney added a new dimension to the recording of Native American history. This new edition of Mooney's two historic books features a biographical introduction by George Ellison that provides background information on Mooney's life. His insights into Mooney and the people he studied add a new dimension to our knowledge of the well-known and widely respected anthropologist and his career.

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Probably the most important collection of Cherokee cultural material ever published, this book combines two detailed reports by ethnographer James Mooney of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of ...

Contents

• Myths of the Cherokee 3: 3
• IIntroduction 11: 7
• IIHistorical sketch of the Cherokee 14: 10
• The period of Spanish exploration1540_? 23: 23
• The Colonial and Revolutionary period16541784 29: 29
• Relations with the United States: 61
• The Removal18381839: 130
• The Arkansas band18171838: 135
• The Texas band18171900: 143
• The Cherokee Nation of the West18401900: 146
• The East Cherokee18381900: 159
• IIINotes to the historical sketch: 182
• IVStories and storytellers: 229
• VThe myths: 239
• The first fire: 240
• Origin of corn and game: 242
• Origin of disease and medicine: 250
• Origin of death: 252
• How they brought back the Tobacco: 254
• The journey to the sunrise: 255
• The Moon and the Thunders: 256
• What the Stars are like: 257
• Origin of the Pleiades and the Pine: 258
• The milky way: 259
• Origin of fish and frogs: 260
• The Deluge: 261
• The Rabbit goes duck hunting: 266
• How the Rabbit stole the Otters coat: 267
• Why the Possums tail is bare: 269
• How the Terrapin beat the Rabbit: 270
• The Rabbit and the tar wolf: 271
• The Rabbit and the Possum after a wife: 273
• The Rabbit escapes from the wolves: 274
• How the Deer got his horns: 275
• Why the Deers teeth are blunt: 276
• What became of the Rabbit: 277
• VThe mythsContinued Quadruped mythsContinued Page 31 The Terrapins escape from the wolves: 278
• The Groundhogs head: 279
• The migration of the animals: 280
• The ball game of the birds and animals: 286
• How the Turkey got his beard: 287
• Why the Turkey gobbles: 288
• How the Partridge got his whistle: 289
• The Pheasant dance: 290
• The Owl gets married: 291
• The Huhu gets married: 292
• Why the Buzzards head is bare: 293
• The Hunter and the Buzzard: 294
• The Uktena and the Ulûñsûty: 297
• ÂganUnitsis search for the Uktena: 298
• The Red Man and the Uktena 200: 300
• The Hunter and the Uksuhy: 301
• The Ustûtly: 302
• The Uwtsûñta: 303
• The Snake Boy: 304
• The Rattlesnakes vengeance: 305
• The smaller reptiles fishes and insects: 306
• Why the Bullfrogs head is striped: 310
• The Katydids warning: 311
• The nest of the Tlănuwa: 315
• The Hunter and the Tlanuwa: 316
• Nûñyunuwy the stone man: 319
• The Hunter in the Dåkwă: 320
• Atagâhị the enchanted lake: 321
• The Bride from the south: 322
• The Hunter and Selu: 323
• The underground panthers: 324
• The Tsundige wï: 325
• The Bear Man: 327
• The Great Leech of Tlanusiyy: 329
• The Nûñnehy and other spirit folk: 330
• The removed townhouses: 335
• Wonder storiesContinued Page 80 The spirit defenders of Nikwăsy: 336
• Tsulkålù the slanteyed giant: 337
• Kanasta the lost settlement: 341
• Tsuwenáhy a legend of Pilot knob: 343
• The man who married the Thunders sister: 345
• The haunted whirlpool: 347
• The water cannibals: 349
• Historical traditions: 350
• The Iroquois wars: 351
• Hiadeoni the Seneca: 356
• The two Mohawks: 357
• Escape of the Seneca boys: 359
• Hatciñondoñs escape from the Cherokee: 362
• Hempcarrier: 364
• The Seneca peacemakers: 365
• Ganas adventures among the Cherokee: 367
• The Shawano wars: 370
• The raid on Tikwalitsy: 374
• The false warriors of Chilhowee: 375
• Cowee town: 377
• The eastern tribes: 378
• The southern and western tribes: 382
• The giants from the west: 391
• The massacre of the AniKutany: 392
• The war medicine: 393
• Incidents of personal heroism: 394
• The old sacred things: 395
• Miscellaneous myths and legends: 397
• The two old men: 399
• The Mother Bears song: 400
• Baby song to please the children: 401
• Herberts spring: 403
• Local legends of North Carolina: 404
• Local legends of South Carolina: 411
• Local legends of Tennessee: 412
• Local legends of Georgia: 415
• Plant lore: 420
• VINotes and parallels: 428
• VIIGlossary: 506
• The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees 301: 581

Bibliographic information

• Title: James Mooney's History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees: Containing the Full Texts of Myths of the Cherokee (1900) and The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees (1891) as Published by the Bureau of American Ethnology : with a New Biographical Introduction, James Mooney and the Eastern ...; 1900 And the Sacred Formula
• Author: James Mooney
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Historical Images, 1992
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Jul 3, 2009
• ISBN: 0914875191, 9780914875192
• Length: 576 pages
• Subjects: History / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social