Did he actually call his home his *wigwam*? Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: Walknstx@aol.com To: CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGeneCommunity] John Jolly ~~page 6 & 7, from "Among the Cherokees," by Dub West, c 1981; West was an early Historian for the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma... Jolly wrote a letter to Andrew Jackson December 3, 1829, as follows: "My son the Raven came to me last spring. I was glad to meet him and my heart embraced him when he arrived at my wigwam; he rested with me and was as my own son. He has walked straight, and my heart has rejoiced in him."