The Otalis and Cowetas appear soon [pg 148] after as snakes or foes; whether the Otalis or Cherokis of the mountains were real snakes of the west is doubtful; it is more likely that they are a fragment of the Telicos, which was their capital till lately, and later they are called Otaliwi by the Linapis. Compare the Tzuluki traditions with these.
The Tawas who call themselves fathers, as the Linapi grandfathers, of all the akin tribes, had then towards 1400, a great power in the west: their empire had a pontiff Mushkiwis near lake Michigan, on whom Cass has given some very important traditions.
The following chief chronological periods are deducible from these annals, by reckoning 3 generations in a century. About 1600 years before Christ passage of Behring strait on the ice, lead by Wapalanewa, settlement at Shinaki.
1450. Chilili leads them south, and the Tamakwi separate.
1040. Peace after long wars under Langundewi at the land Akolaking.
800. Annals written by Olumapi.
750. Takwachi leads to Minihaking.
650. Penkwonwi leads east over mountains.
460. The first Tamenend great king on the Missouri.
60. Opekasit leads to the Mississippi.