R
Rabbit, character of, in various mythologies [231]–[233]
Rabbit, myths concerning [262], [263], [266]–[277], [407], [431], [447]–[452], [463], [467]
Rabbit and bear, distribution of myth of [234]
Rabbit and Flint, origin of myth of [234]
Racing among Indians [494]
Racing in Seneca myth [369]
Raccoon, myths concerning [289]–[290], [449]
Rafinesque, C. S., on first appearance of whites [191]
Rafinesque, C. S., on name Tallige′wi [184]
Rafinesque, C. S., translation of Walam Olum by [190]
Rafts, Cherokee use of [496]
Railroads in Cherokee country [151]
Rainbow, myths concerning [442]
Ramsey, J. G. M., on agitation for cession (1796) [80]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on appointment of Governor Blount [69]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on appointment of Cherokee agent by North Carolina [61]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on attack on Buchanan’s station [73]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on battle of Kings mountain [57]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on border conditions in 1777 [55]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on bounties for American scalps [47]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on burning of Cowee [61]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on capture and release of Joseph Brown [66]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on capture and release of Samuel Handley [74]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Cherokee attitude at beginning of the Revolution [47]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Cherokee desire for peace (1792) [72]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Cherokee land cessions [46]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Cherokee part in French and Indian war [39]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Cherokee peace town [207]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Cherokee war of 1760–61 [45]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Chickasaw surrender of lands between Cumberland and Duck rivers [66]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Christian’s expedition [51]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on destruction of Chickamauga towns [55], [79]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Doherty-McFarland expedition [75]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on expedition from Virginia through Cherokee country [30]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on French and Spanish encouragement of Cherokee hostility [62], [67]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Indian war path [206]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Indian fighting in 1793 [76]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Jack’s expedition [50]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on killing of Indians by John Beard [74]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on minor Cherokee-American conflicts (1776–1795) [48], [63], [64], [65], [66], [69], [70], [75], [76]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Nancy Ward [204]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Old Tassel’s talk [60]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on origin of Chickamauga band [54]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Gen. James Robertson [205], [62]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Rutherford’s expedition [49], [205]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Sevier and Campbell’s expedition (1780) [58]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Sevier’s expeditions (1781–82) [59], [60]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Sevier’s last expedition (1792) [75]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Tellico conference [79]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on The Suck [464]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on threatened burning of Chilhowee [73]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Tory-Indian raid in South Carolina [47]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on treaties of DeWitt’s corners and Long island [54]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on treaty of Holston [69]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on treaty of Hopewell [62]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on treaty of Nashville (1783) [63]
Ramsey, J. G. M., on treaty of Tellico (1798) [81]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on westward emigration [45]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Williamson’s expedition [50]
Ramsey, J. G. M. on Yuchi among Cherokee [386]
Ranjel, ——, on De Soto’s expedition [25], [26], [191]–[201]
Rasles, mutilation of body of [209]
Rattlesnake, myths and lore concerning [253], [295]–[296], [305]–[306], [313], [436], [438], [456], [463]
Rattling-gourd on Natchez among Cherokee [387]
Rattling-gourd on Yuchi among Cherokee [385]
Raven, myths concerning [241], [283]
Raven Mocker, myths concerning [283], [401]–[403],504
Raven place, purchase of [161]
Raven, The, pursuit of Shawano by [374]–[375]
Reading, myth concerning [351]
Rebellion, see Civil war.
Rechehecrian, see Rickahockan; Synonomy.
Redbird, myths concerning [254], [285], [289]–[290], [455]
Red Clay, council at [121], [122]
Red Earth, purchase of [161]
Red-horse fish, myth concerning [285]
Red Man, myths concerning [257], [300]–[301], [461], [462]
Red paint, use of, by Indians [455]
Redroot in Cherokee lore [263]
Redsticks, rebellion of [113]–[114]
Refuge towns, see Peace towns.
Reichel, E. H., on Cherokee missions [84]
Reid, Jesse, East Cherokee chief [180]
Reincarnation, Cherokee doctrine of [261]–[262], [472], [474]
Reinhardt on Spanish mines [202]
Relationships, linguistic, of Cherokee [16]
Relief, development of lxxv
Religion, acculturation in xxiii
Religion, influence of, on development of arts lxxiv–lxxvi
Religion, influence of, on development of romance lxxxi–lxxxvi
Removal, Cherokee plans for (1895) [155]–[156]
Removal, East Cherokee plans for [165]
Removal, events leading to [87], [98]–[106], [114]–[130]
Removal, party feeling aroused by [128]–[129]
Removal, stockade forts built during [221]
Removal fund, East Cherokee participation in [165]–[168], [170]–[171]
Removal fund, employment of East Cherokee share in [174]
Removed townhouses, myth of [335]
Reports, distribution of xxxii
Reptiles, see Snakes; Terrapin; Turtle.
Revolution, Cherokee remembrance of [232]
Revolution, effect on Cherokee of [61]
Revolution, Indian attitude during [46]–[47]
Rheumatism, Cherokee beliefs concerning [251], [263]
Richmond, Lieutenant, murder of Cheyennes by [209]
Rickahockan, meaning of name [183]–[184]
Rickahockan, see also Synonomy.
Ridge, Maj. John, attitude of party of, in Civil war [148]
Ridge, Maj. John, conflict of party of, with Ross party [147]
Ridge, Maj. John, enlistment of volunteers against Creeks by (1812) [89]
Ridge, Maj. John, killing of [133]–[135]
Ridge, Maj. John, killing of Doublehead by [85]
Ridge, Maj. John, letter to Calhoun by [115]
Ridge, Maj. John, letter to President Jackson by [127]–[128]
Ridge, Maj. John, opposition to Prophet’s doctrine by [88]
Ridge, Maj. John, opposition to war spirit by (1812) [89]
Ridge, Maj. John, part taken by, in Creek war [96], [97]
Ridge, Maj. John, treaty negotiated by [121]–[122], [125]
Rink, Henry, on Eskimo myths [441]
Rivers, ——, on Cherokee-Chickasaw war [38]
Rivers, on Cherokee in 1708 [32]
Rivers in Cherokee lore [426]
Rivalry, part played by, in sports and games lxiv, lxvi, lxviii–lxix
Roads through Cherokee country [85], [87], [97]
Robertson, Gen. James, appointment of, as Cherokee agent [53]
Robertson, Gen. James, burning of Coldwater by [67]
Robertson, Gen. James, emigration under [56]
Robertson, Gen. James, expedition against Chickamauga under (1794) [78]–[99]
Robertson, Gen. James, killing of brother of [67]
Robertson, Gen. James, life of [204]–[205]
Robertson, Gen. James on Cherokee-American conflicts (1785–1794) [67]
Robertson, Gen. James on French and Spanish encouragement of Cherokee hostility [62], [67]
Robertson, Gen. James on Nancy Ward [204]
Robertson, Gen. James, repulse of Indians by garrison under [48]
Robertson, Gen. James, warning of invasion given by [55]
Robertson, Mrs. S. A., work of, among Creeks [218]
Robin, Cherokee name for [281]
Robinson, Thomas, acknowledgments to [13]
Robinson, Thomas on dry channel of Chattahoochee [200]
Rochefort, ——, history of Antilles by [202]
Rockwell, ——, on Williamson’s expedition [50]
Rogel, expedition of [201]–[202]
Rogers, Talahina, marriage of Houston to [223]
Romance, nature and development of lxxxi–lxxxvi
Roosevelt, Theodore, on attack on Freelands station [63]
Roosevelt, Theodore on attack on Nashville [63]
Roosevelt, Theodore on battle of Kings mountain [57]
Roosevelt, Theodore on border fighters [57]
Roosevelt, Theodore on Cherokee-American conflicts (1781) [59], [60]
Roosevelt, Theodore Cherokee trans-Mississippi migration [100]
Roosevelt, Theodore on Christian’s expedition [51]
Roosevelt, Theodore on destruction of Chickamauga towns [55]
Roosevelt, Theodore on French and Spanish encouragement of Cherokee hostility [62]
Roosevelt, Theodore on Jack’s expedition [50]
Roosevelt, Theodore on Old Tassel’s talk [60]
Roosevelt, Theodore on Gen. James Robertson [205]
Roosevelt, Theodore on Rutherford’s expedition [49], [205]
Roosevelt, Theodore on scalping by whites [209]
Roosevelt, Theodore on Sevier and Campbell’s expedition (1780) [58]
Roosevelt, Theodore on Sevier’s expedition (1782) [60]
Roosevelt, Theodore on South Carolina’s scalp bounty [53]
Roosevelt, Theodore on Tory-Indian raid [48]
Roosevelt, Theodore on treaties of De Witt’s corners and Long island [54]
Roosevelt, Theodore on Williamson’s expedition [50]
Rose in Cherokee lore [420]
Ross, Allen, acknowledgments to [13]
Ross, Allen on John Ross [224]
Ross, John, arrest of [122]
Ross, John, attempt of McIntosh to bribe [216]
Ross, John, attitude of, during the Civil war [149]
Ross, John, attitude of party of, during Civil war [148]
Ross, John, character of [150]–[151]
Ross, John, conflict of party of, with Ridge party [147]
Ross, John, convening of Tahlequah council by (1843) [485]
Ross, John, custody of records of Iroquois peace by [355]
Ross, John, death of [150]
Ross, John, death of wife of [132]
Ross, John, efforts of, to prevent Removal [121]–[122], [125], [129], [130]
Ross, John, election of, as assistant chief [113]
Ross, John, election of, as president of national council [107]
Ross, John, election of, as principal chief [114]
Ross, John, letter to Calhoun by [115]
Ross, John, life of [224]–[225]
Ross, John, memorial resolution on [151]
Ross, John, memorial to Congress by [121]
Ross, John on Ani′ Kuta′nl [392]–[393]
Ross, John on Jackson’s reply to Cherokee protests [126]
Ross, John, part taken by, in Creek war [97]
Ross, John, part taken by, in killing of Ridges and Boudinot [134]
Ross, John, position of, in 1837 [128]
Ross, John, president of constitutional convention [112]
Ross, John, proclamation by [120]
Ross, John, proposition for removal by [132]
Ross, John, protest against removal treaty by [120]
Ross, John, refusal of President Jackson to communicate with [126]
Ross, John, signer of act of union [135]
Ross, John, suit against Georgia by [119]
Ross, John, threat of arrest [135]
Ross, W. P., editor of Cherokee Advocate [111]
Ross, W. P. on death of Sequoya [148]
Ross, ——, on Indian warfare in 1776 [52]
Ross, —— on Williamson’s expedition [50]
Royce, C. C., on adoption of Cherokee constitution [113], [135]
Royce, C. C. on Arkansas Cherokee [137], [138], [140], [141], [142]
Royce, C. C. on arrest of Ross [123]
Royce, C. C. on attack on Buchanans station [73]
Royce, C. C. on attempted establishment of iron works in Cherokee country (1807) [86]
Royce, C. C. on attempted purchase by Tennessee (1807) [86]
Royce, C. C. on attempt to annul treaty of 1817 [104]
Royce, C. C. on Blount’s proposal (1795) [80]
Royce, C. C. on building of Unicoi turnpike [87]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee attitude regarding land cession (1830) [119]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee census (1835) [125]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee desire to go west (1817–19) [104]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee emigration, 1817–19 [103], [104]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee invitations to Delawares, Shawano, and Oneida [105]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee land cessions [34], [45], [54], [60]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee loss in Civil war [149]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee memorial to Congress (1834) [121]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee memorials to President Monroe [115]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee part in French and Indian war [39]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee part in Civil war [148]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee population [34]
Royce, C. C., on Cherokee project to remove to Columbia river [120]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee relations with Creeks [383]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee relations with Tuscarora [32]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee suffering through Civil war [150]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee territory in 1800 [81]
Royce, C. C. on Cherokee war of 1760–61 [45]
Royce, C. C. on clearing of East Cherokee title to Qualla reservation [174]
Royce, C. C. on Col. R. J. Meigs [215]
Royce, C. C. on council at New Echota [122]
Royce, C. C. on Davis’s letter to Secretary of War [127]
Royce, C. C. on death of Sequoya [148]
Royce, C. C. on deaths during Removal [133]
Royce, C. C. on delegation to Washington (1835) [122]
Royce, C. C. on desire for Indian lands [85]
Royce, C. C. on destruction of Chickamauga towns [79]
Royce, C. C. on General Dunlap’s address [128]
Royce, C. C. on East Cherokee censuses [167], [168]
Royce, C. C. on East Cherokee participation in Removal fund [167]
Royce, C. C. on Everett’s letter to Secretary of War [128]
Royce, C. C. on extension of Georgia laws [221]
Royce, C. C. on first railroad in Cherokee country [151]
Royce, C. C. on Georgia acts effecting Cherokee [116], [117]
Royce, C. C. on Governor Gilmer’s declaration [129]
Royce, C. C. on imprisonment of missionaries [120]
Royce, C. C. on incorporation of Delawares and Shawano [151]
Royce, C. C. on Indian war path [206], [207]
Royce, C. C. on Jackson’s attitude toward Cherokee [117]
Royce, C. C. on Jefferson’s removal project [101]
Royce, C. C. on McMinn’s estimate of Cherokee emigration [106]
Royce, C. C. on massacre of Scott party and Bowl migration [100]
Royce, C. C. on opposition to allotment project (1820) [114]
Royce, C. C. on origin of Chickamauga band [54]
Royce, C. C. on party feeling over removal plans [129]
Royce, C. C. on payment of East Cherokee share in Removal fund [168]
Royce, C. C. on Ross’s attitude during civil war [149]
Royce, C. C. on Ross’s last efforts against removal [130]
Royce, C. C. on royal proclamation of 1763 [46]
Royce, C. C. on Rutherford’s route [205]
Royce, C. C. on Schermerhorn’s proposals for securing acceptance of Ridge treaty [122]
Royce, C. C. on Scott’s proclamation [130]
Royce, C. C. on Sweatland’s census [172]
Royce, C. C. on Tellico conference [79]
Royce, C. C. on threat to arrest Ross [135]
Royce, C. C. on treaties of New Echota [123], [125], [159]
Royce, C. C. on treaties of Tellico (1798, 1804, 1805) [81], [85]
Royce, C. C. on treaties of Washington (1816, 1819, 1846) [98], [106], [148]
Royce, C. C. on treaty of Augusta [61]
Royce, C. C. on treaty of Cherokee agency (1834) [120]
Royce, C. C. on treaty of Chickasaw Old Fields (1807) [86]
Royce, C. C. on treaty of Fort Gibson [125]
Royce, C. C. of treaty of Holston [69]
Royce, C. C. on treaty of Hopewell [62]
Royce, C. C. on treaty of Philadelphia (1794) [77]
Royce, C. C. on treaty of Tahlequah (1866) [150]
Royce, C. C. on troops employed in Removal [129]
Royce, C. C. on western Cherokee (1809, 1817) [102]
Royce, C. C. on Wool’s comments on Removal [127]
Royce, C. C. publication of paper by xxx
Ruffin, T., arbitrator between East Cherokee and Thomas’s creditors [174]
Running Water town, building of [54]
Running Water town, destruction of [79]
Rushes in Cherokee lore [426]
Russell, Dr Frank, on Jicarilla myths [431], [433], [450], [451], [452], [473]
Russell, Capt. William, part taken by, in battle of Horseshoe bend [94]
Rutherford, Gen. Griffith, expeditions under [49], [205]
Rutherford, Gen. Griffith, life of [205]
Rye on De Soto’s route [195]