the chief (Myth 110)

Family: the Cherokee · Role: chief · First appears: Myth 110 · Incidents of Personal Heroism

Life events

• Cuhtahlatah's husband, the chief, was killed during an attack on a Cherokee town.(Myth 110 · Incidents of Personal Heroism)
  • With: Cuhtahlatah
  • “The Wahnenauhi manuscript has a tradition of an attack upon a Cherokee town and the killing of the chief by a hostile war party.”

Myth 110 · Incidents of Personal Heroism

• married with Cuhtahlatah “His wife, whose name was Cuhtahlatah (Gatûñ'lati, ‘Wild-hemp’?), on seeing her husband fall, snatched up his tomahawk, shouting, ‘Kill! Kill!’ and rushed upon the enemy with such fury that the retreating Cherokee rallied and renewed the battle with so great courage as to gain a complete victory.”

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Extracted from the original text of Myths of the Cherokee. Made with Rho MD.