Well, if one of the neighbor's dogs were the culprit I'd have a long chat with them and the dog BUT we've seen the hawk in the yard several times and after one yesterday. I think it killed the chicken but it never got it. Joyce Gaston Reece -----Original Message----- From: Alli :) Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 5:11 PM To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Hawk sign LOL We've been fortunate our hawks, owls or eagles or anything else have left our chickens alone. It took killing off (not us) all of our neighbor's dogs to stop losing any. You need to have a chat with your hawk :) -----Original Message----- From: cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 10:11 AM To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Hawk sign That one has me stummed too, Alli. But I can tell you, the next time that chicken hawk comes in here to catch one of my bantams the only sign he's going to see will be the sign of the cross. *VBG* Joyce Gaston Reece ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

LOL We've been fortunate our hawks, owls or eagles or anything else have left our chickens alone. It took killing off (not us) all of our neighbor's dogs to stop losing any. You need to have a chat with your hawk :) -----Original Message----- From: cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 10:11 AM To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Hawk sign That one has me stummed too, Alli. But I can tell you, the next time that chicken hawk comes in here to catch one of my bantams the only sign he's going to see will be the sign of the cross. *VBG* Joyce Gaston Reece

That one has me stummed too, Alli. But I can tell you, the next time that chicken hawk comes in here to catch one of my bantams the only sign he's going to see will be the sign of the cross. *VBG* Joyce Gaston Reece -----Original Message----- From: Alli :) Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 12:03 PM To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Hawk sign Obviously I won't be of much help because I'm not sure what you mean by Hawk signs? Alli :) -----Original Message----- From: cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fran West-Powe Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 7:08 AM To: CHEROKEE@rootsweb.com Subject: [Cherokee Circle] Hawk sign I joined this list to obtain help in remembering some of my childhood beliefs. It is my hope that someone on this list can either tell me the meaning of the hawk sign or point me to a source/site of such information. If a man born in Germany receives five hawk signs within one month, does the same reasoning apply to him as to a Native person? TIA Fran Chinquapin ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Obviously I won't be of much help because I'm not sure what you mean by Hawk signs? Alli :) -----Original Message----- From: cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fran West-Powe Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 7:08 AM To: CHEROKEE@rootsweb.com Subject: [Cherokee Circle] Hawk sign I joined this list to obtain help in remembering some of my childhood beliefs. It is my hope that someone on this list can either tell me the meaning of the hawk sign or point me to a source/site of such information. If a man born in Germany receives five hawk signs within one month, does the same reasoning apply to him as to a Native person? TIA Fran Chinquapin ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I joined this list to obtain help in remembering some of my childhood beliefs. It is my hope that someone on this list can either tell me the meaning of the hawk sign or point me to a source/site of such information. If a man born in Germany receives five hawk signs within one month, does the same reasoning apply to him as to a Native person? TIA Fran Chinquapin

How the Cherokee Learned the Rattlesnake Prayer Song - Cherokee The Cherokee system was based more on responsibility for wrongful actions than on the notion of "justice" in the western sense of the word. Rather than justice, the Cherokee system was ideal for keeping balance and harmony in the spiritual and social worlds. One day, some Cherokee children were playing outside, when a rattlesnake crawled out of the grass. They screamed and their mother ran outside. Without thinking, she took a stick and killed it. Her husband was hunting in the mountains. As he was returning home that night, he heard a strange wailing sound. Looking around, he found himself in the midst of a gathering of rattlesnakes, whose mouths were open and crying. "What is the matter," the man asked the snakes. The rattlesnakes responded, "Your wife killed our chief, the Yellow Rattlesnake today. We are preparing to send the Black Rattlesnake to take revenge." The husband immediately accepted their claim and took responsibility for the crime. The rattlesnakes said, "If you speak the truth, you must be ready to make satisfaction." The price they demanded was the life of his wife in sacrifice for that of their chief. Not knowing what else might occur, the man consented. The rattlesnakes told the man that the Black Rattlesnake would follow him home and coil up outside his door. He was to ask his wife to bring him a fresh drink of water from the spring. That was all. When the man reached home, it was very dark. His wife had supper waiting for him. "Please bring me some water," he asked her. She brought him a gourd from the jar, but he refused it. "No," he said. "I would like some fresh water from the spring." His wife took a bowl and stepped outside to get him some fresh water. The man immediately heard her cry. He went outside and found the Black Rattlesnake had bitten her and she was already dying. He stayed with her until she was dead. The Black Rattlesnake then crawled out of the grass. "My tribe is now satisfied," he told the husband. He then taught the man a prayer song. The Black Rattlesnake told him, "When you meet any of us here after, sing this song and we will not hurt you. If by accident one of us should bite you, sing this song over the person and he will recover." And the Cherokee have kept this song to this day. http://www.indigenouspeople.net/chersnak.htm

How the Centipede came to be The Centipede was always the first to arrive. He sought out the cool dark places to avoid the sun and heat. Soon others joined as word got round centipede knew all the cool places away from the blistering heat. The cockroach came and explored the damp dark caverns and holes until Rat came and traipsed back an forth and ate cockroach until the snake came slithering in and ate the rat. Soon more slithers and more snakes until soon centipede was trapped on the bottom under the mounting pile of writhing reptiles. Centipede was a round fat worm like creature who just inched along slowly. Now he was crushed by the weight of all the snakes heavy bodies with bulging rat filled stomachs. When the sun went lower and evening came the snakes slowly made their way further back in the dark for the night as they waited on morning light when it was cool but began warming up then they would forage for food if none happened to unexpectedly show up in the cave or dens. Poor centipede was left flat as could be and his body broken in a hundred pieces. He gathered up the pieces but in the shape he was now was unable to carry them. He set off in search of medicine woman. He’d heard she knew everything and would be his best chance for help in the matter. It took him days to travel to medicine woman’s lodge he was so small and flat now. finally he found it and voiced his arrival . Medicine woman came to the entry and asked what his needs were as well as what he was. He said: I am a centipede. She drew a breath and exclaimed. You look like no centipede I’ve ever seen. He explained what had happened and he’d had to leave his other parts in the cave. She told him to wait there and she would return as soon as she could. Late late into the night she returned with her hands full of flat pieces. He sorted through them discarding the ones that weren’t his until he had a pile in front of him. she exclaimed. My , so many pieces. He sighed, yes, and I have no way to put them together. Can you help me he asked? I can try she replied. Medicine woman spent the night lacing and tying pieces together until finally she had the last part sewn on. She blew a deep breath and said: there, now you are whole again. Centipede beamed a smile and thanked her. BUT, there was a problem. he couldn’t move like he used to. He was flat now and all he could do was lay there. She summoned all the insects from the earth and they came. She asked the crowd of insects to help centipede. She said: Centipede has no way to move around. I’m asking each one of you to give a pair of legs to centipede if you will. You each have eight legs and can surely do as well with six. They all put their heads together and soon a spokesman came forth. Yes centipede, we will help you and soon there was a huge pile of legs laying in front of centipede. He smiled and thanked each one for their kindness and the insects all danced away joyous they had helped a friend and went off to try their new six legged form. They exclaimed. This is even easier to walk than before. Now everyone was happy. Poor spider still had 8 legs though as the spider group decided against donations and there after were shunned by the other insects. They protested that they needed all their legs to weave webs but it was no use. The other insects thought them selfish and would have nothing more to do with them. All day long Medicine Woman sewed legs. Leg after leg went on. At last she completed the task. Centipede was a bundle of legs now. Every segment had a pair. He tried walking. It was no use. He cried. I can’t walk. Medicine Woman consoled him and told him. No newborn has the ability to use new arms and legs in the beginning. He would learn and adapt. Sure enough in a few hours he was able to get around, awkwardly, but he managed. He thanked her and she was pleased. He said: I have no way of repaying you. She replied: oh but you have. She held out her arm. Around her wrist was a bracelet. It was made from left over segments and she sported it proudly. This is how life evolves. Each of us gives and receives something somewhere. Vision Quest, © 2002 T Lovett

How The Cannibal Was Destroyed – Caddo In the beginning of this world there lived many kinds of fierce animals. Among these animals was one especially that was called by the people living in those times the cannibal. One time there were three men who went out hunting. They went a long way from home and kept on going farther and farther in search of game. One day they came to a country timbered with many large trees. They came to one of these trees and saw that something had been climbing on the tree, and near the base there was a large hole. The men thought that a bear must have made the hole, and that the bear was in the hole. They gathered dry leaves and grass and made it up into a small bundle, and they set the bundle on fire and tied it to the end of a long pole and thrust the burning bundle into the hole. They kept on dropping bundles into the hole until they thought it about time the bear should come out. One of the bundles which was put into the hole dropped out from the hole, and then they knew that the bear was coming out. Finally some strange animal came and peeped out from the hole, and it was not a bear, but a cannibal. As soon as they saw and knew what kind of animal it was, they ran. The smoke cleared away and the cannibal came down from the tree and smelled around until he scented the tracks of the men, and then he began to follow them. These men were on foot and the cannibal was very swift, and so it was not long until he overtook one of the men and killed him. Then the animal took the man back to the woods, to the large tree, and went back after the other two men. After running a long way he overtook the second man. He killed him and carried him back and placed him by the side of the first man. Then he returned for the third man. When the third man was almost overtaken, and was running with all his might, he saw something flat on the ground in front of him, but he did not stop. He saw that it was a mountain-lion, lying there watching and waiting for the approaching cannibal. The man ran on a way, then turned around and looked back to see what the mountain-lion would do. The cannibal did not see the mountain lion lying there, and before he knew anything the mountain-lion jumped upon him and seized him by the throat. Finally the cannibal was overpowered and killed, and then the man started on for his home. When he got home he told his people what had happened to the other two men. When they all heard this they started down where he last saw the cannibal, and when they got to the place they found nothing but many white and black wolves, which had already eaten the body, and there was nothing left but the bones of the cannibal. The men went on to the tree where the cannibal had lived. The tree was not burning, and so the men began to cut the tree down, and when it fell they found two bodies. They took the bodies out from the tree and buried them a short distance away. Traditions of the Caddo, By George A. Dorsey, collected 1903-1905, under the auspices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington

Buffalo Field Campaign PO Box 957 West Yellowstone, MT 59758 http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org bfc-media@wildrockies.org Yellowstone Bison Update from the Field January 9, 2014 *You can view the HTML version of the Update from the Field, which includes photos and hyperlinks, on http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org Just in time for the new year, stunning Wild Bison 2014 Calendars -- ORDER TODAY! https://org.salsalabs.com/o/2426/t/11564/shop/item.jsp?storefront_KEY=554&t=&store_item_KEY=4649 * Update from the Field * Horror Witnessed: APHIS Violates Bison, Killing One * BFC Honored at Wild & Scenic Film Festival * TAKE ACTION to Stop Capture, Slaughter and Torture of Wild Buffalo! * Wild Bison Calendars! 2014 in Stock; Accepting Photos, Art, Poems for 2015! * By the Numbers * Last Words of Buffalo Inspiration ~ ******************** * Update from the Field The holiday season proved to be a quiet time for our friends the buffalo. For a little while, peace on Earth was extended to these gentle giants. Unfortunately it was not to last. On Saturday, three massive bull buffalo that we had been keeping an eye on for nearly two months were killed by hunters. These bulls had at most times been a solid trio, then would have the company of another bull or two, then be a trio again. For weeks they moved through the Duck Creek area, in and out of the invisible and manmade boxes that determine private, forest, and park lands. This is a favorite migration corridor for buffalo, particularly bulls. On Yellowstone's western edge, where Duck Creek flows from the park, is a narrow strip of Gallatin National Forest land that you could literally throw a stone across. On the other side of this strip of Forest Service land is the private land of the Koelzer family. The Koelzers have, as many of you know, been infamous and cruel players in the war against wild bison, in large part because they have leased their land to the Montana Department of Livestock (DOL). This is where the DOL runs the Duck Creek bison trap, and the basement of the Koelzer house is used by the DOL and other IBMP agencies as their headquarters when planning hazing and capture operations in the Hebgen Basin, west of Yellowstone National Park. Saturday morning, three men with state bison tags got permission from either the Koelzers or the DOL and killed these three bulls. Had they been a mere 50 yards to the east, the bulls would have been safe inside Yellowstone National Park. There is no resident population of wild bison in Montana, so when buffalo step over the line from Yellowstone into Montana, hunters react desperately. To make matters worse for the few buffalo in Montana, the state legislature last year passed a bill that enables state officials to tell hunters the locations of buffalo. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) set up a "bison hotline" that hunters can call to learn the exact positions of buffalo. For two months the hotline told callers that a small group of buffalo -- these bulls -- were moving in and out of the Park. It was only a matter of time before hunters caught them on the killing side of that line. BFC is running full patrols in both the Hebgen and Gardiner Basins, west and north of Yellowstone. We are ramping up efforts in opposition to this canned hunt, and strengthening our communication to let hunters know they are participating in a bison extermination plan, not a legitimate hunt. We have apparently expected too much from bison hunters, assuming they would do as other conservationists have done, and take responsibility to ensure a viable future for wild, migratory bison in Montana. This is their duty, their obligation. We will be here to remind them of that, every step of the way. Wild is the Way ~ Roam Free! ******************** * Horror Witnessed: APHIS Tortures Bison, Killing One While watching operations at an Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) controlled bison trap north of Gardiner on Tuesday, I personally witnessed the horror that is our government's complete mismanagement of America's last wild, migratory bison. What I saw included 20 or so bison being violated, one being injured and one put to death. The APHIS-run bison trap I speak of is part of a highly controversial bison birth control program. APHIS, the federal livestock overseer, is sterilizing bison stolen from the wild, with the chemical pesticide GonaCon. Some cow bison are having their ovaries removed as well. This is a disastrous birth control experiment that will further push wild, migratory bison towards extinction.  Each of these bison were subjected to a violent intrusion of their body, which included the shoving of two arms up their rear ends, being stuck with one or more big needles, and the harassing manhandling while being forced into a small holding pen that allowed these disgusting violations to happen. One of the bison, while exiting the small trap and running for it's life, had one of it's horns partially ripped from it's head, leaving the horn a bloody mess. As sad as all this was, it only became more sad. I did not see how or why but one bison ended up on the ground and unable to get up. I saw this beautiful animal struggle to rise several times without success. After the last bison had been violated and ran back to its family, the agents approached the downed bison and ended it's life. Senseless experimentation is no justification for the captive violation of such a unique population of wildlife that is Yellowstone's bison. Today the results were injuries and death. Tomorrow will be the same. The horrific handling and mismanagement of these animals is an absolute wrong and must not continue. USDA-APHIS intends to acquire more wild bison from Yellowstone, possibly during capture operations this year, should they occur. Don't let Yellowstone hand over any more wild bison to this dark and dangerous agency. Please Take Action now! http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/legal/aphis_bison_population_control.html For the Buffalo, Scott Hoeninghausen Gardiner, Montana ******************** * Wild & Scenic Film Festival to Honor BFC! We are excited to let you know that two films highlighting wild buffalo and the work of Buffalo Field Campaign have been accepted into the Wild & Scenic Film Festival! The Wild & Scenic Film Festival takes place January 9-12 in Nevada City, CA, and kicks off the Wild & Scenic On Tour, which travels to more than 100 communities across the country. The well-known film festival will feature Buffalo Battle, an exciting film by Tom Rogan, and Buffalo Wild, which is an incredible collaboration between BFC co-founder Mike Mease and Native musicians and activists John Trudell, Goodshield Aguilar and Mignon Geli. Mike, John, Goodshield and Mignon will be attending the Festival, and Mike will also offer a workshop on guerilla media and will speak about the buffalo films. Attend, learn more, or check out the Wild & Scenic On Tour: http://www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org/ ******************** * TAKE ACTION to Stop Capture, Torture and Slaughter of Wild Buffalo! Yellowstone National Park Enlists Tribes to Slaughter Wild Buffalo 1. TAKE ACTION! Urge the National Park Service Director to Rescind Buffalo Slaughter Contracts and to Pull Out of the Interagency Bison Management Plan http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2426/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14668 MT Department of Livestock Plans to Capture, Vaccinate & Slaughter Wild Buffalo 2. TAKE ACTION! Urge your members of Congress to Stop the DOL's Plans by Cutting Off Funding for the Interagency Bison Management Plan http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2426/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14683 3. TAKE ACTION! Contact Montana Governor Steve Bullock to Stop the Department of Livestock Before they Start! http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2426/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14660 Thank you so much for taking the time to raise your voice for America's last wild buffalo! Please spread the word to save these herds! Wild is the Way ~ Roam Free! ******************** * Wild Bison Calendars! 2014 in Stock; Accepting Photos, Art, Poems for 2015! Oh yes! 2014 is here and if you don't yet have a 2014 Wild Bison of Yellowstone Country Calendar, you don't want to miss out! This is likely our best calendar yet, with absolutely stunning photos of wild buffalo in their native habitat, incredible artwork, and inspiring quotes, facts, and poetry. Order here: https://org.salsalabs.com/o/2426/t/7926/shop/item.jsp?storefront_KEY=554&t=&store_item_KEY=4649 WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR 2015, so if you have high resolution photos, artwork, poetry, quotes, or interesting and natural facts about wild buffalo, please contact Stephany for details at bfc-media[AT]wildrockies[DOT]org. Thank you to everyone who has made our Wild Bison calendars such a huge success! This is one of our favorite projects as it allows all of us to celebrate wild buffalo 365 days a year! ******************** *By the Numbers The last wild buffalo populations are currently estimated at fewer than 4,600 individual animals, living in and around Yellowstone National Park. Wild bison are ecologically extinct throughout their native range in North America. 2013-2014 Total Buffalo Killed: 58 Government Capture: Buffalo Released from Capture: Government Slaughter: Held for Government Experiment: Died In Government Trap: Miscarriage in Government Trap: State Hunt: 7 Treaty Hunts: 51 Unknown Hunts: Quarantine: Shot by Agents: Highway Mortality: Cause of Death Unknown: Total Killed in Previous Years 2012-2013: 261 2011-2012: 33 2010-2011: 227 2009-2010: 7 2008-2009: 22 2007-2008: 1,631 Total Killed Since 2000: 4,314 *includes lethal government action, trap-related fatalities, quarantine/experiments, hunts, and highway deaths ******************** *Last Words of Buffalo Inspiration "The successes of the [Endangered Species] Act include the recoveries of bald eagle, American alligator, whooping crane, and humpback whale. The story has not been so great for those in direct competition with us, like gray wolf and American bison. Recovery of wolf and bison will allow wild community on a scale we have yet to embrace. More than the establishment and protection of designated wilderness areas, recovery for wolf and bison depends on the completion, or wilding, of human beings." ~ Meg, Extinction Witness Please send us your submissions for Last Words to bfc-media[AT]wildrockies[DOT]org. Thank you for all the poems, songs, quotes and stories you've contributed! Keep them coming! -- -- Click here to unsubscribe http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2426/t/7926/p/salsa/supporter/unsubscribe/public/?unsubscribe_page_KEY=42

I have a copy of the Drennen Roll and I just looked but it is not listed. The cherokee language does not have an R so you spelling is not correct. This is a cherokee name so if you can change the way it is spelled I might be able to find the name. I know that names are spelled several different ways on different records. Do you have the family it connects to I might be able to locate it on the 1880 or 1896 or even Dawes. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Cator" <catorfamily@gmail.com> To: <CHEROKEE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 4:30 PM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] Car-yun-Nah (Cherokee) > Does anyone have any information this Cherokee Indian listed on the > Drennen > Roll? Thank you. Donna Cator > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi bp. I am so glad I ham having the opportunity of reading all of these stories. They are becoming part of my days as something will happen or I see something that brings one of the stories to mind. I was fortunate to have grown up on a farm with the domestic animal and all the woodland animals as well. I now am very lucky to live in semi wilderness with the fox, deer, skunk, squirrels. deer, etc roaming through the yard. I think the woodcuck must be good for something more than eating my garden to the ground, though.:} Thank you again. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blue Panther" <Blue_Panther@otelco.net> To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 7:24:09 PM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache so glad you are enjoying them, this way u learn the way the old ones learned bp -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Young Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 7:03 PM To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache :} A great education, isn't it.:} All the best to you and yours Happy New Year Barbara in snowy MA ----- Original Message ----- From: wthreerivers@aol.com To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 7:56:23 PM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache Good evening I agree with Barbara, I have learned much about the American Indian since I began to read your stories Thank you so very much William Threerivers -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Young <bayofcc@comcast.net> To: cherokee <cherokee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:11 pm Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache HI Blue Panther, Thank you very much for all you are doing, I for one, am thrilled every time I see one in the inbox, I wish you and yours a very Happy New Year, All the best Barbara in MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blue Panther" <Blue_Panther@otelco.net> To: cherokee@rootsweb.com, "CherokeeChat" <CherokeeChat@yahoogroups.com>, CherokeeMAINVillage@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Perry" <runningtree@mediacombb.net>, "indigenous_peoples_literature" <indigenous_peoples_literature@yahoogroups.com>, littlewolfstraditions@yahoogroups.com, "Native_Village" <Native_village@yahoogroups.com>, "redroad" <Tradition_OF_The_Redroad@yahoogroups.com>, "summonthewolf" <summonthewolf@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:11:17 PM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache In the first days a powerful being named Humpback owned all the buffalo. He kept them in a corral in the mountains north of San Juan, where he lived with his young son. Not one buffalo would Humpback release for the people on earth, nor would he share any meat with those who lived near him. Coyote decided that something should be done to release the buffalo from Humpback's corral. He called the people to a council. "Humpback will not give us any buffalo," Coyote said. "Let us all go over to his corral and make a plan to release them." They camped in the mountains near Humpback's place, and after dark they made a careful inspection of his buffalo enclosure. The stone walls were too high to climb, and the only entrance was through the back door of Humpback's house. After four days Coyote summoned the people to another council, and asked them to offer suggestions for releasing the buffalo. "There is no way," said one man. "To release the buffalo we must go into Humpback's house, and he is too powerful a being for us to do that." "I have a plan," Coyote said. "For four days we have secretly watched Humpback and his young son go about their daily activities. Have you not observed that the boy does not own a pet of any kind?" The people did not understand what this had to do with releasing the buffalo, but they knew that Coyote was a great schemer and they waited for him to explain. "I shall change myself into a killdeer," Coyote said. "In the morning when Humpback's son goes down to the spring to get water, he will find a killdeer with a broken wing. He will want this bird for a pet and will take it back into the house. Once I am in the house I can fly into the corral, and the cries of a killdeer will frighten the buffalo into a stampede. They will come charging out through Humpback's house and be released upon the earth." The people thought this was a good plan, and the next Morning when Humpback's son came down the path to the spring he found a killdeer with a crippled wing. As Coyote had foreseen, the boy picked up the bird and carried it into the house. "Look here," the boy cried. "This is a very good bird!" "It is good for nothing!" Humpback shouted. "All the birds and animals and people are rascals and schemers." Above his fierce nose Humpback wore a blue mask, and through its slits his eyes glittered. His basket headdress was shaped like a cloud and was painted black with a zigzag streak of yellow to represent lightning. Buffalo horns protruded from the sides. "It is a very good bird," the boy repeated. "Take it back where you found it!" roared Humpback, and his frightened son did as he was told. As soon as the killdeer was released it returned to where the people were camped and changed back to Coyote. "I have failed," he said, "but that makes no difference. I will try again in the morning. Perhaps a small animal will be better than a bird." The next morning when Humpback's son went to the spring, he found a small dog there, lapping at the water. The boy picked up the dog at once and hurried back into the house. "Look here!" he cried. "What a nice pet I have." "How foolish you are, boy!" Humpback growled. "A dog is good for nothing. I'll kill it with my club." The boy held tight to the dog, and started to run away crying. "Oh, very well," Humpback said. "But first let me test that animal to make certain it is a dog. All animals in the world are schemers." He took a coal of fire from the hearth and brought it closer and closer to the dog's eyes until it gave three rapid barks. "It is a real dog," Humpback declared. "You may keep it in the buffalo corral, but not in the house." This of course was exactly what Coyote wanted. As soon as darkness fell and Humpback and his son went to sleep, Coyote opened the back door of the house. Then he ran among the buffalo, barking as loud as he could. The buffalo were badly frightened because they had never before heard a dog bark. When Coyote ran nipping at their heels, they stampeded toward Humpback's house and entered the rear door. The pounding of their hooves awakened Humpback, and although he jumped out of bed and tried to stop them, the buffalo smashed down his front door and escaped. After the last of the shaggy animals had galloped away, Humpback's son could not find his small dog. "Where is my pet?" he cried. "Where is my little dog?" "That was no dog," Humpback said sadly. "That was Coyote the Trickster. He has turned loose all our buffalo." Thus it was that the buffalo were released to scatter over all the earth. http://www.indians.org/welker/buffalor.htm ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi William, They are enriching my life.:} I like the variations of the same story from so many sources. Some I recognize from reading lore of other cultures - they are universal in many ways. All the best. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: wthreerivers@aol.com To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 8:16:16 PM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache These are the stories that enrich our lives and keep us connected William Threerivers -----Original Message----- From: Blue Panther <Blue_Panther@otelco.net> To: cherokee <cherokee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 6, 2014 7:24 pm Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache so glad you are enjoying them, this way u learn the way the old ones learned bp -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Young Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 7:03 PM To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache :} A great education, isn't it.:} All the best to you and yours Happy New Year Barbara in snowy MA ----- Original Message ----- From: wthreerivers@aol.com To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 7:56:23 PM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache Good evening I agree with Barbara, I have learned much about the American Indian since I began to read your stories Thank you so very much William Threerivers -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Young <bayofcc@comcast.net> To: cherokee <cherokee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:11 pm Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache HI Blue Panther, Thank you very much for all you are doing, I for one, am thrilled every time I see one in the inbox, I wish you and yours a very Happy New Year, All the best Barbara in MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blue Panther" <Blue_Panther@otelco.net> To: cherokee@rootsweb.com, "CherokeeChat" <CherokeeChat@yahoogroups.com>, CherokeeMAINVillage@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Perry" <runningtree@mediacombb.net>, "indigenous_peoples_literature" <indigenous_peoples_literature@yahoogroups.com>, littlewolfstraditions@yahoogroups.com, "Native_Village" <Native_village@yahoogroups.com>, "redroad" <Tradition_OF_The_Redroad@yahoogroups.com>, "summonthewolf" <summonthewolf@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:11:17 PM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache In the first days a powerful being named Humpback owned all the buffalo. He kept them in a corral in the mountains north of San Juan, where he lived with his young son. Not one buffalo would Humpback release for the people on earth, nor would he share any meat with those who lived near him. Coyote decided that something should be done to release the buffalo from Humpback's corral. He called the people to a council. "Humpback will not give us any buffalo," Coyote said. "Let us all go over to his corral and make a plan to release them." They camped in the mountains near Humpback's place, and after dark they made a careful inspection of his buffalo enclosure. The stone walls were too high to climb, and the only entrance was through the back door of Humpback's house. After four days Coyote summoned the people to another council, and asked them to offer suggestions for releasing the buffalo. "There is no way," said one man. "To release the buffalo we must go into Humpback's house, and he is too powerful a being for us to do that." "I have a plan," Coyote said. "For four days we have secretly watched Humpback and his young son go about their daily activities. Have you not observed that the boy does not own a pet of any kind?" The people did not understand what this had to do with releasing the buffalo, but they knew that Coyote was a great schemer and they waited for him to explain. "I shall change myself into a killdeer," Coyote said. "In the morning when Humpback's son goes down to the spring to get water, he will find a killdeer with a broken wing. He will want this bird for a pet and will take it back into the house. Once I am in the house I can fly into the corral, and the cries of a killdeer will frighten the buffalo into a stampede. They will come charging out through Humpback's house and be released upon the earth." The people thought this was a good plan, and the next Morning when Humpback's son came down the path to the spring he found a killdeer with a crippled wing. As Coyote had foreseen, the boy picked up the bird and carried it into the house. "Look here," the boy cried. "This is a very good bird!" "It is good for nothing!" Humpback shouted. "All the birds and animals and people are rascals and schemers." Above his fierce nose Humpback wore a blue mask, and through its slits his eyes glittered. His basket headdress was shaped like a cloud and was painted black with a zigzag streak of yellow to represent lightning. Buffalo horns protruded from the sides. "It is a very good bird," the boy repeated. "Take it back where you found it!" roared Humpback, and his frightened son did as he was told. As soon as the killdeer was released it returned to where the people were camped and changed back to Coyote. "I have failed," he said, "but that makes no difference. I will try again in the morning. Perhaps a small animal will be better than a bird." The next morning when Humpback's son went to the spring, he found a small dog there, lapping at the water. The boy picked up the dog at once and hurried back into the house. "Look here!" he cried. "What a nice pet I have." "How foolish you are, boy!" Humpback growled. "A dog is good for nothing. I'll kill it with my club." The boy held tight to the dog, and started to run away crying. "Oh, very well," Humpback said. "But first let me test that animal to make certain it is a dog. All animals in the world are schemers." He took a coal of fire from the hearth and brought it closer and closer to the dog's eyes until it gave three rapid barks. "It is a real dog," Humpback declared. "You may keep it in the buffalo corral, but not in the house." This of course was exactly what Coyote wanted. As soon as darkness fell and Humpback and his son went to sleep, Coyote opened the back door of the house. Then he ran among the buffalo, barking as loud as he could. The buffalo were badly frightened because they had never before heard a dog bark. When Coyote ran nipping at their heels, they stampeded toward Humpback's house and entered the rear door. The pounding of their hooves awakened Humpback, and although he jumped out of bed and tried to stop them, the buffalo smashed down his front door and escaped. After the last of the shaggy animals had galloped away, Humpback's son could not find his small dog. "Where is my pet?" he cried. "Where is my little dog?" "That was no dog," Humpback said sadly. "That was Coyote the Trickster. He has turned loose all our buffalo." Thus it was that the buffalo were released to scatter over all the earth. http://www.indians.org/welker/buffalor.htm ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

These are the stories that enrich our lives and keep us connected William Threerivers -----Original Message----- From: Blue Panther <Blue_Panther@otelco.net> To: cherokee <cherokee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 6, 2014 7:24 pm Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache so glad you are enjoying them, this way u learn the way the old ones learned bp -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Young Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 7:03 PM To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache :} A great education, isn't it.:} All the best to you and yours Happy New Year Barbara in snowy MA ----- Original Message ----- From: wthreerivers@aol.com To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 7:56:23 PM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache Good evening I agree with Barbara, I have learned much about the American Indian since I began to read your stories Thank you so very much William Threerivers -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Young <bayofcc@comcast.net> To: cherokee <cherokee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:11 pm Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache HI Blue Panther, Thank you very much for all you are doing, I for one, am thrilled every time I see one in the inbox, I wish you and yours a very Happy New Year, All the best Barbara in MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blue Panther" <Blue_Panther@otelco.net> To: cherokee@rootsweb.com, "CherokeeChat" <CherokeeChat@yahoogroups.com>, CherokeeMAINVillage@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Perry" <runningtree@mediacombb.net>, "indigenous_peoples_literature" <indigenous_peoples_literature@yahoogroups.com>, littlewolfstraditions@yahoogroups.com, "Native_Village" <Native_village@yahoogroups.com>, "redroad" <Tradition_OF_The_Redroad@yahoogroups.com>, "summonthewolf" <summonthewolf@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:11:17 PM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache In the first days a powerful being named Humpback owned all the buffalo. He kept them in a corral in the mountains north of San Juan, where he lived with his young son. Not one buffalo would Humpback release for the people on earth, nor would he share any meat with those who lived near him. Coyote decided that something should be done to release the buffalo from Humpback's corral. He called the people to a council. "Humpback will not give us any buffalo," Coyote said. "Let us all go over to his corral and make a plan to release them." They camped in the mountains near Humpback's place, and after dark they made a careful inspection of his buffalo enclosure. The stone walls were too high to climb, and the only entrance was through the back door of Humpback's house. After four days Coyote summoned the people to another council, and asked them to offer suggestions for releasing the buffalo. "There is no way," said one man. "To release the buffalo we must go into Humpback's house, and he is too powerful a being for us to do that." "I have a plan," Coyote said. "For four days we have secretly watched Humpback and his young son go about their daily activities. Have you not observed that the boy does not own a pet of any kind?" The people did not understand what this had to do with releasing the buffalo, but they knew that Coyote was a great schemer and they waited for him to explain. "I shall change myself into a killdeer," Coyote said. "In the morning when Humpback's son goes down to the spring to get water, he will find a killdeer with a broken wing. He will want this bird for a pet and will take it back into the house. Once I am in the house I can fly into the corral, and the cries of a killdeer will frighten the buffalo into a stampede. They will come charging out through Humpback's house and be released upon the earth." The people thought this was a good plan, and the next Morning when Humpback's son came down the path to the spring he found a killdeer with a crippled wing. As Coyote had foreseen, the boy picked up the bird and carried it into the house. "Look here," the boy cried. "This is a very good bird!" "It is good for nothing!" Humpback shouted. "All the birds and animals and people are rascals and schemers." Above his fierce nose Humpback wore a blue mask, and through its slits his eyes glittered. His basket headdress was shaped like a cloud and was painted black with a zigzag streak of yellow to represent lightning. Buffalo horns protruded from the sides. "It is a very good bird," the boy repeated. "Take it back where you found it!" roared Humpback, and his frightened son did as he was told. As soon as the killdeer was released it returned to where the people were camped and changed back to Coyote. "I have failed," he said, "but that makes no difference. I will try again in the morning. Perhaps a small animal will be better than a bird." The next morning when Humpback's son went to the spring, he found a small dog there, lapping at the water. The boy picked up the dog at once and hurried back into the house. "Look here!" he cried. "What a nice pet I have." "How foolish you are, boy!" Humpback growled. "A dog is good for nothing. I'll kill it with my club." The boy held tight to the dog, and started to run away crying. "Oh, very well," Humpback said. "But first let me test that animal to make certain it is a dog. All animals in the world are schemers." He took a coal of fire from the hearth and brought it closer and closer to the dog's eyes until it gave three rapid barks. "It is a real dog," Humpback declared. "You may keep it in the buffalo corral, but not in the house." This of course was exactly what Coyote wanted. As soon as darkness fell and Humpback and his son went to sleep, Coyote opened the back door of the house. Then he ran among the buffalo, barking as loud as he could. The buffalo were badly frightened because they had never before heard a dog bark. When Coyote ran nipping at their heels, they stampeded toward Humpback's house and entered the rear door. The pounding of their hooves awakened Humpback, and although he jumped out of bed and tried to stop them, the buffalo smashed down his front door and escaped. After the last of the shaggy animals had galloped away, Humpback's son could not find his small dog. "Where is my pet?" he cried. "Where is my little dog?" "That was no dog," Humpback said sadly. "That was Coyote the Trickster. He has turned loose all our buffalo." Thus it was that the buffalo were released to scatter over all the earth. http://www.indians.org/welker/buffalor.htm ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

so glad you are enjoying them, this way u learn the way the old ones learned bp -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Young Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 7:03 PM To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache :} A great education, isn't it.:} All the best to you and yours Happy New Year Barbara in snowy MA ----- Original Message ----- From: wthreerivers@aol.com To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 7:56:23 PM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache Good evening I agree with Barbara, I have learned much about the American Indian since I began to read your stories Thank you so very much William Threerivers -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Young <bayofcc@comcast.net> To: cherokee <cherokee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:11 pm Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache HI Blue Panther, Thank you very much for all you are doing, I for one, am thrilled every time I see one in the inbox, I wish you and yours a very Happy New Year, All the best Barbara in MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blue Panther" <Blue_Panther@otelco.net> To: cherokee@rootsweb.com, "CherokeeChat" <CherokeeChat@yahoogroups.com>, CherokeeMAINVillage@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Perry" <runningtree@mediacombb.net>, "indigenous_peoples_literature" <indigenous_peoples_literature@yahoogroups.com>, littlewolfstraditions@yahoogroups.com, "Native_Village" <Native_village@yahoogroups.com>, "redroad" <Tradition_OF_The_Redroad@yahoogroups.com>, "summonthewolf" <summonthewolf@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:11:17 PM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache In the first days a powerful being named Humpback owned all the buffalo. He kept them in a corral in the mountains north of San Juan, where he lived with his young son. Not one buffalo would Humpback release for the people on earth, nor would he share any meat with those who lived near him. Coyote decided that something should be done to release the buffalo from Humpback's corral. He called the people to a council. "Humpback will not give us any buffalo," Coyote said. "Let us all go over to his corral and make a plan to release them." They camped in the mountains near Humpback's place, and after dark they made a careful inspection of his buffalo enclosure. The stone walls were too high to climb, and the only entrance was through the back door of Humpback's house. After four days Coyote summoned the people to another council, and asked them to offer suggestions for releasing the buffalo. "There is no way," said one man. "To release the buffalo we must go into Humpback's house, and he is too powerful a being for us to do that." "I have a plan," Coyote said. "For four days we have secretly watched Humpback and his young son go about their daily activities. Have you not observed that the boy does not own a pet of any kind?" The people did not understand what this had to do with releasing the buffalo, but they knew that Coyote was a great schemer and they waited for him to explain. "I shall change myself into a killdeer," Coyote said. "In the morning when Humpback's son goes down to the spring to get water, he will find a killdeer with a broken wing. He will want this bird for a pet and will take it back into the house. Once I am in the house I can fly into the corral, and the cries of a killdeer will frighten the buffalo into a stampede. They will come charging out through Humpback's house and be released upon the earth." The people thought this was a good plan, and the next Morning when Humpback's son came down the path to the spring he found a killdeer with a crippled wing. As Coyote had foreseen, the boy picked up the bird and carried it into the house. "Look here," the boy cried. "This is a very good bird!" "It is good for nothing!" Humpback shouted. "All the birds and animals and people are rascals and schemers." Above his fierce nose Humpback wore a blue mask, and through its slits his eyes glittered. His basket headdress was shaped like a cloud and was painted black with a zigzag streak of yellow to represent lightning. Buffalo horns protruded from the sides. "It is a very good bird," the boy repeated. "Take it back where you found it!" roared Humpback, and his frightened son did as he was told. As soon as the killdeer was released it returned to where the people were camped and changed back to Coyote. "I have failed," he said, "but that makes no difference. I will try again in the morning. Perhaps a small animal will be better than a bird." The next morning when Humpback's son went to the spring, he found a small dog there, lapping at the water. The boy picked up the dog at once and hurried back into the house. "Look here!" he cried. "What a nice pet I have." "How foolish you are, boy!" Humpback growled. "A dog is good for nothing. I'll kill it with my club." The boy held tight to the dog, and started to run away crying. "Oh, very well," Humpback said. "But first let me test that animal to make certain it is a dog. All animals in the world are schemers." He took a coal of fire from the hearth and brought it closer and closer to the dog's eyes until it gave three rapid barks. "It is a real dog," Humpback declared. "You may keep it in the buffalo corral, but not in the house." This of course was exactly what Coyote wanted. As soon as darkness fell and Humpback and his son went to sleep, Coyote opened the back door of the house. Then he ran among the buffalo, barking as loud as he could. The buffalo were badly frightened because they had never before heard a dog bark. When Coyote ran nipping at their heels, they stampeded toward Humpback's house and entered the rear door. The pounding of their hooves awakened Humpback, and although he jumped out of bed and tried to stop them, the buffalo smashed down his front door and escaped. After the last of the shaggy animals had galloped away, Humpback's son could not find his small dog. "Where is my pet?" he cried. "Where is my little dog?" "That was no dog," Humpback said sadly. "That was Coyote the Trickster. He has turned loose all our buffalo." Thus it was that the buffalo were released to scatter over all the earth. http://www.indians.org/welker/buffalor.htm ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Does anyone have any information this Cherokee Indian listed on the Drennen Roll? Thank you. Donna Cator

:} A great education, isn't it.:} All the best to you and yours Happy New Year Barbara in snowy MA ----- Original Message ----- From: wthreerivers@aol.com To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 7:56:23 PM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache Good evening I agree with Barbara, I have learned much about the American Indian since I began to read your stories Thank you so very much William Threerivers -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Young <bayofcc@comcast.net> To: cherokee <cherokee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:11 pm Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache HI Blue Panther, Thank you very much for all you are doing, I for one, am thrilled every time I see one in the inbox, I wish you and yours a very Happy New Year, All the best Barbara in MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blue Panther" <Blue_Panther@otelco.net> To: cherokee@rootsweb.com, "CherokeeChat" <CherokeeChat@yahoogroups.com>, CherokeeMAINVillage@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Perry" <runningtree@mediacombb.net>, "indigenous_peoples_literature" <indigenous_peoples_literature@yahoogroups.com>, littlewolfstraditions@yahoogroups.com, "Native_Village" <Native_village@yahoogroups.com>, "redroad" <Tradition_OF_The_Redroad@yahoogroups.com>, "summonthewolf" <summonthewolf@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:11:17 PM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache In the first days a powerful being named Humpback owned all the buffalo. He kept them in a corral in the mountains north of San Juan, where he lived with his young son. Not one buffalo would Humpback release for the people on earth, nor would he share any meat with those who lived near him. Coyote decided that something should be done to release the buffalo from Humpback's corral. He called the people to a council. "Humpback will not give us any buffalo," Coyote said. "Let us all go over to his corral and make a plan to release them." They camped in the mountains near Humpback's place, and after dark they made a careful inspection of his buffalo enclosure. The stone walls were too high to climb, and the only entrance was through the back door of Humpback's house. After four days Coyote summoned the people to another council, and asked them to offer suggestions for releasing the buffalo. "There is no way," said one man. "To release the buffalo we must go into Humpback's house, and he is too powerful a being for us to do that." "I have a plan," Coyote said. "For four days we have secretly watched Humpback and his young son go about their daily activities. Have you not observed that the boy does not own a pet of any kind?" The people did not understand what this had to do with releasing the buffalo, but they knew that Coyote was a great schemer and they waited for him to explain. "I shall change myself into a killdeer," Coyote said. "In the morning when Humpback's son goes down to the spring to get water, he will find a killdeer with a broken wing. He will want this bird for a pet and will take it back into the house. Once I am in the house I can fly into the corral, and the cries of a killdeer will frighten the buffalo into a stampede. They will come charging out through Humpback's house and be released upon the earth." The people thought this was a good plan, and the next Morning when Humpback's son came down the path to the spring he found a killdeer with a crippled wing. As Coyote had foreseen, the boy picked up the bird and carried it into the house. "Look here," the boy cried. "This is a very good bird!" "It is good for nothing!" Humpback shouted. "All the birds and animals and people are rascals and schemers." Above his fierce nose Humpback wore a blue mask, and through its slits his eyes glittered. His basket headdress was shaped like a cloud and was painted black with a zigzag streak of yellow to represent lightning. Buffalo horns protruded from the sides. "It is a very good bird," the boy repeated. "Take it back where you found it!" roared Humpback, and his frightened son did as he was told. As soon as the killdeer was released it returned to where the people were camped and changed back to Coyote. "I have failed," he said, "but that makes no difference. I will try again in the morning. Perhaps a small animal will be better than a bird." The next morning when Humpback's son went to the spring, he found a small dog there, lapping at the water. The boy picked up the dog at once and hurried back into the house. "Look here!" he cried. "What a nice pet I have." "How foolish you are, boy!" Humpback growled. "A dog is good for nothing. I'll kill it with my club." The boy held tight to the dog, and started to run away crying. "Oh, very well," Humpback said. "But first let me test that animal to make certain it is a dog. All animals in the world are schemers." He took a coal of fire from the hearth and brought it closer and closer to the dog's eyes until it gave three rapid barks. "It is a real dog," Humpback declared. "You may keep it in the buffalo corral, but not in the house." This of course was exactly what Coyote wanted. As soon as darkness fell and Humpback and his son went to sleep, Coyote opened the back door of the house. Then he ran among the buffalo, barking as loud as he could. The buffalo were badly frightened because they had never before heard a dog bark. When Coyote ran nipping at their heels, they stampeded toward Humpback's house and entered the rear door. The pounding of their hooves awakened Humpback, and although he jumped out of bed and tried to stop them, the buffalo smashed down his front door and escaped. After the last of the shaggy animals had galloped away, Humpback's son could not find his small dog. "Where is my pet?" he cried. "Where is my little dog?" "That was no dog," Humpback said sadly. "That was Coyote the Trickster. He has turned loose all our buffalo." Thus it was that the buffalo were released to scatter over all the earth. http://www.indians.org/welker/buffalor.htm ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

HI Blue Panther, Thank you very much for all you are doing, I for one, am thrilled every time I see one in the inbox, I wish you and yours a very Happy New Year, All the best Barbara in MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blue Panther" <Blue_Panther@otelco.net> To: cherokee@rootsweb.com, "CherokeeChat" <CherokeeChat@yahoogroups.com>, CherokeeMAINVillage@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Perry" <runningtree@mediacombb.net>, "indigenous_peoples_literature" <indigenous_peoples_literature@yahoogroups.com>, littlewolfstraditions@yahoogroups.com, "Native_Village" <Native_village@yahoogroups.com>, "redroad" <Tradition_OF_The_Redroad@yahoogroups.com>, "summonthewolf" <summonthewolf@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:11:17 PM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache In the first days a powerful being named Humpback owned all the buffalo. He kept them in a corral in the mountains north of San Juan, where he lived with his young son. Not one buffalo would Humpback release for the people on earth, nor would he share any meat with those who lived near him. Coyote decided that something should be done to release the buffalo from Humpback's corral. He called the people to a council. "Humpback will not give us any buffalo," Coyote said. "Let us all go over to his corral and make a plan to release them." They camped in the mountains near Humpback's place, and after dark they made a careful inspection of his buffalo enclosure. The stone walls were too high to climb, and the only entrance was through the back door of Humpback's house. After four days Coyote summoned the people to another council, and asked them to offer suggestions for releasing the buffalo. "There is no way," said one man. "To release the buffalo we must go into Humpback's house, and he is too powerful a being for us to do that." "I have a plan," Coyote said. "For four days we have secretly watched Humpback and his young son go about their daily activities. Have you not observed that the boy does not own a pet of any kind?" The people did not understand what this had to do with releasing the buffalo, but they knew that Coyote was a great schemer and they waited for him to explain. "I shall change myself into a killdeer," Coyote said. "In the morning when Humpback's son goes down to the spring to get water, he will find a killdeer with a broken wing. He will want this bird for a pet and will take it back into the house. Once I am in the house I can fly into the corral, and the cries of a killdeer will frighten the buffalo into a stampede. They will come charging out through Humpback's house and be released upon the earth." The people thought this was a good plan, and the next Morning when Humpback's son came down the path to the spring he found a killdeer with a crippled wing. As Coyote had foreseen, the boy picked up the bird and carried it into the house. "Look here," the boy cried. "This is a very good bird!" "It is good for nothing!" Humpback shouted. "All the birds and animals and people are rascals and schemers." Above his fierce nose Humpback wore a blue mask, and through its slits his eyes glittered. His basket headdress was shaped like a cloud and was painted black with a zigzag streak of yellow to represent lightning. Buffalo horns protruded from the sides. "It is a very good bird," the boy repeated. "Take it back where you found it!" roared Humpback, and his frightened son did as he was told. As soon as the killdeer was released it returned to where the people were camped and changed back to Coyote. "I have failed," he said, "but that makes no difference. I will try again in the morning. Perhaps a small animal will be better than a bird." The next morning when Humpback's son went to the spring, he found a small dog there, lapping at the water. The boy picked up the dog at once and hurried back into the house. "Look here!" he cried. "What a nice pet I have." "How foolish you are, boy!" Humpback growled. "A dog is good for nothing. I'll kill it with my club." The boy held tight to the dog, and started to run away crying. "Oh, very well," Humpback said. "But first let me test that animal to make certain it is a dog. All animals in the world are schemers." He took a coal of fire from the hearth and brought it closer and closer to the dog's eyes until it gave three rapid barks. "It is a real dog," Humpback declared. "You may keep it in the buffalo corral, but not in the house." This of course was exactly what Coyote wanted. As soon as darkness fell and Humpback and his son went to sleep, Coyote opened the back door of the house. Then he ran among the buffalo, barking as loud as he could. The buffalo were badly frightened because they had never before heard a dog bark. When Coyote ran nipping at their heels, they stampeded toward Humpback's house and entered the rear door. The pounding of their hooves awakened Humpback, and although he jumped out of bed and tried to stop them, the buffalo smashed down his front door and escaped. After the last of the shaggy animals had galloped away, Humpback's son could not find his small dog. "Where is my pet?" he cried. "Where is my little dog?" "That was no dog," Humpback said sadly. "That was Coyote the Trickster. He has turned loose all our buffalo." Thus it was that the buffalo were released to scatter over all the earth. http://www.indians.org/welker/buffalor.htm ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Good evening I agree with Barbara, I have learned much about the American Indian since I began to read your stories Thank you so very much William Threerivers -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Young <bayofcc@comcast.net> To: cherokee <cherokee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 7:11 pm Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache HI Blue Panther, Thank you very much for all you are doing, I for one, am thrilled every time I see one in the inbox, I wish you and yours a very Happy New Year, All the best Barbara in MA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blue Panther" <Blue_Panther@otelco.net> To: cherokee@rootsweb.com, "CherokeeChat" <CherokeeChat@yahoogroups.com>, CherokeeMAINVillage@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Perry" <runningtree@mediacombb.net>, "indigenous_peoples_literature" <indigenous_peoples_literature@yahoogroups.com>, littlewolfstraditions@yahoogroups.com, "Native_Village" <Native_village@yahoogroups.com>, "redroad" <Tradition_OF_The_Redroad@yahoogroups.com>, "summonthewolf" <summonthewolf@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:11:17 PM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache In the first days a powerful being named Humpback owned all the buffalo. He kept them in a corral in the mountains north of San Juan, where he lived with his young son. Not one buffalo would Humpback release for the people on earth, nor would he share any meat with those who lived near him. Coyote decided that something should be done to release the buffalo from Humpback's corral. He called the people to a council. "Humpback will not give us any buffalo," Coyote said. "Let us all go over to his corral and make a plan to release them." They camped in the mountains near Humpback's place, and after dark they made a careful inspection of his buffalo enclosure. The stone walls were too high to climb, and the only entrance was through the back door of Humpback's house. After four days Coyote summoned the people to another council, and asked them to offer suggestions for releasing the buffalo. "There is no way," said one man. "To release the buffalo we must go into Humpback's house, and he is too powerful a being for us to do that." "I have a plan," Coyote said. "For four days we have secretly watched Humpback and his young son go about their daily activities. Have you not observed that the boy does not own a pet of any kind?" The people did not understand what this had to do with releasing the buffalo, but they knew that Coyote was a great schemer and they waited for him to explain. "I shall change myself into a killdeer," Coyote said. "In the morning when Humpback's son goes down to the spring to get water, he will find a killdeer with a broken wing. He will want this bird for a pet and will take it back into the house. Once I am in the house I can fly into the corral, and the cries of a killdeer will frighten the buffalo into a stampede. They will come charging out through Humpback's house and be released upon the earth." The people thought this was a good plan, and the next Morning when Humpback's son came down the path to the spring he found a killdeer with a crippled wing. As Coyote had foreseen, the boy picked up the bird and carried it into the house. "Look here," the boy cried. "This is a very good bird!" "It is good for nothing!" Humpback shouted. "All the birds and animals and people are rascals and schemers." Above his fierce nose Humpback wore a blue mask, and through its slits his eyes glittered. His basket headdress was shaped like a cloud and was painted black with a zigzag streak of yellow to represent lightning. Buffalo horns protruded from the sides. "It is a very good bird," the boy repeated. "Take it back where you found it!" roared Humpback, and his frightened son did as he was told. As soon as the killdeer was released it returned to where the people were camped and changed back to Coyote. "I have failed," he said, "but that makes no difference. I will try again in the morning. Perhaps a small animal will be better than a bird." The next morning when Humpback's son went to the spring, he found a small dog there, lapping at the water. The boy picked up the dog at once and hurried back into the house. "Look here!" he cried. "What a nice pet I have." "How foolish you are, boy!" Humpback growled. "A dog is good for nothing. I'll kill it with my club." The boy held tight to the dog, and started to run away crying. "Oh, very well," Humpback said. "But first let me test that animal to make certain it is a dog. All animals in the world are schemers." He took a coal of fire from the hearth and brought it closer and closer to the dog's eyes until it gave three rapid barks. "It is a real dog," Humpback declared. "You may keep it in the buffalo corral, but not in the house." This of course was exactly what Coyote wanted. As soon as darkness fell and Humpback and his son went to sleep, Coyote opened the back door of the house. Then he ran among the buffalo, barking as loud as he could. The buffalo were badly frightened because they had never before heard a dog bark. When Coyote ran nipping at their heels, they stampeded toward Humpback's house and entered the rear door. The pounding of their hooves awakened Humpback, and although he jumped out of bed and tried to stop them, the buffalo smashed down his front door and escaped. After the last of the shaggy animals had galloped away, Humpback's son could not find his small dog. "Where is my pet?" he cried. "Where is my little dog?" "That was no dog," Humpback said sadly. "That was Coyote the Trickster. He has turned loose all our buffalo." Thus it was that the buffalo were released to scatter over all the earth. http://www.indians.org/welker/buffalor.htm ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth – Apache In the first days a powerful being named Humpback owned all the buffalo. He kept them in a corral in the mountains north of San Juan, where he lived with his young son. Not one buffalo would Humpback release for the people on earth, nor would he share any meat with those who lived near him. Coyote decided that something should be done to release the buffalo from Humpback's corral. He called the people to a council. "Humpback will not give us any buffalo," Coyote said. "Let us all go over to his corral and make a plan to release them." They camped in the mountains near Humpback's place, and after dark they made a careful inspection of his buffalo enclosure. The stone walls were too high to climb, and the only entrance was through the back door of Humpback's house. After four days Coyote summoned the people to another council, and asked them to offer suggestions for releasing the buffalo. "There is no way," said one man. "To release the buffalo we must go into Humpback's house, and he is too powerful a being for us to do that." "I have a plan," Coyote said. "For four days we have secretly watched Humpback and his young son go about their daily activities. Have you not observed that the boy does not own a pet of any kind?" The people did not understand what this had to do with releasing the buffalo, but they knew that Coyote was a great schemer and they waited for him to explain. "I shall change myself into a killdeer," Coyote said. "In the morning when Humpback's son goes down to the spring to get water, he will find a killdeer with a broken wing. He will want this bird for a pet and will take it back into the house. Once I am in the house I can fly into the corral, and the cries of a killdeer will frighten the buffalo into a stampede. They will come charging out through Humpback's house and be released upon the earth." The people thought this was a good plan, and the next Morning when Humpback's son came down the path to the spring he found a killdeer with a crippled wing. As Coyote had foreseen, the boy picked up the bird and carried it into the house. "Look here," the boy cried. "This is a very good bird!" "It is good for nothing!" Humpback shouted. "All the birds and animals and people are rascals and schemers." Above his fierce nose Humpback wore a blue mask, and through its slits his eyes glittered. His basket headdress was shaped like a cloud and was painted black with a zigzag streak of yellow to represent lightning. Buffalo horns protruded from the sides. "It is a very good bird," the boy repeated. "Take it back where you found it!" roared Humpback, and his frightened son did as he was told. As soon as the killdeer was released it returned to where the people were camped and changed back to Coyote. "I have failed," he said, "but that makes no difference. I will try again in the morning. Perhaps a small animal will be better than a bird." The next morning when Humpback's son went to the spring, he found a small dog there, lapping at the water. The boy picked up the dog at once and hurried back into the house. "Look here!" he cried. "What a nice pet I have." "How foolish you are, boy!" Humpback growled. "A dog is good for nothing. I'll kill it with my club." The boy held tight to the dog, and started to run away crying. "Oh, very well," Humpback said. "But first let me test that animal to make certain it is a dog. All animals in the world are schemers." He took a coal of fire from the hearth and brought it closer and closer to the dog's eyes until it gave three rapid barks. "It is a real dog," Humpback declared. "You may keep it in the buffalo corral, but not in the house." This of course was exactly what Coyote wanted. As soon as darkness fell and Humpback and his son went to sleep, Coyote opened the back door of the house. Then he ran among the buffalo, barking as loud as he could. The buffalo were badly frightened because they had never before heard a dog bark. When Coyote ran nipping at their heels, they stampeded toward Humpback's house and entered the rear door. The pounding of their hooves awakened Humpback, and although he jumped out of bed and tried to stop them, the buffalo smashed down his front door and escaped. After the last of the shaggy animals had galloped away, Humpback's son could not find his small dog. "Where is my pet?" he cried. "Where is my little dog?" "That was no dog," Humpback said sadly. "That was Coyote the Trickster. He has turned loose all our buffalo." Thus it was that the buffalo were released to scatter over all the earth. http://www.indians.org/welker/buffalor.htm