Who were his parents? Thank you, Glee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce G. Reece" <jgreece@earthlink.net> To: <CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGeneCommunity] John Jolly > These are the results of a search done at wikipedia.com....according to > this definition it would not apply to the Cherokee of the southeast and > mid west....but I will search for more definitions. But irregardless, I'm > thinking it was a translation 'blooper'. > > > > A wickiup (or wikiup) is domed hut-like dwelling used by the semi-nomadic > Native American tribes of the arid regions of the west and southwest North > America, such as Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Idaho, California, and > northern Mexico. > > > > The term wigwam also refers to a similar domed structure. The difference > in usage between wickiup and wigwam is that wickiup refers to the > dwellings of peoples mostly in the American Southwest while wigwam refers > to the dwellings mostly in the American Northeast. Variation does exist > between the terms, however. > > Joyce Gaston Reece > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carolyne Gould > To: CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 3:21 PM > Subject: Re: [CherokeeGeneCommunity] John Jolly > > > A wigwam is a daubed "house" --- not a tipi --- and is an appropriate > term for Eastern Woodlands tribes, and ome others. Even if Jolly was > living in a stick-built house, he may have referred to it as a > wigwam, just as some Plains tribe traditionals today call their home, > their "lodge." > > Carolyne > > > > >In a message dated 12/30/2005 8:15:19 PM Central Standard Time, > >joyk@sc.rr.com writes: > > > >Did he actually call his home his *wigwam*? > > > > > > > > > >I think so because this biography I posted was transcribed from a book > >written by Dub West. > > > >Dub West was the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma's Historian at one time and > a > >noted writer of Cherokee material. There may be reprints of his > >books available > >somewhere online, if not the library should have them. His History book > >credits include: Muskogee, I. T. - Queen City of the Southwest, > >Persons and Places > >of Indian Territory, Fort Gibson - Gateway to the West, The Mysteries > of > >Sequoyah, Muskogee - From Statehood to Pearl Harbour, Tahlequah and > >the Cherokee > >Nation, Will Rogers - Oklahoma's Gift to America, Legends and Folklore > of > >the Cherokees, Among the Cherokees, Oklahoma is OK, Only in Oklahoma, > Turning > >Back the Clock and Outlaws and Peace Officers of Indian Territory > > > >Suzy > > > > > > > > > >==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== > >This list is for Genealogy related conversations > >Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html > >Please Good manors and no flaming others > >For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit > >CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > You can also find what you need search the archives > >or to get off this list via web site below > >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html > >Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogy related conversations > Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html > Please Good manors and no flaming others > For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit > CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > You can also find what you need search the archives > or to get off this list via web site below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html > Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > ==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogy related conversations > Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html > Please Good manors and no flaming others > For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit > CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > You can also find what you need search the archives > or to get off this list via web site below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html > Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com > >