the Indian

Family: the Cherokee · Role: unnamed individual in the creation story · First appears: Myth 88 · First Contact with Whites

Life events

The Indians accepted the white men and became friends after drinking whisky.(Myth 88 · First Contact with Whites)
- With: the white man (Myth 88)
- “While they were in this happy frame of mind some white men came up, and this time the Indians shook hands with them and they have been friends after a fashion ever since.”
The white man kept the silver and the Indian kept the ulûñsû'ti as their respective talismans.(Myth 88 · First Contact with Whites)
- With: the white man (Myth 88)
- “At the creation an ulûñsû'ti was given to the white man, and a piece of silver to the Indian. But the white man despised the stone and threw it away, while the Indian did the same with the silver. In going about the white man afterward found the silver piece and put it into his pocket and has prized it ever since. The Indian, in like manner, found the ulûñsû'ti where the white man had thrown it. He picked it up and has kept it since as his talisman, as money is the talismanic power of the white man.”
The white man stole the Indian's book, leaving the bow in its place.(Myth 88 · First Contact with Whites)
- With: the white man (Myth 88)
- “Each was instructed to take good care of his gift and make the best use of it, but the Indian was so neglectful of his book that the white man soon stole it from him, leaving the bow in its place”

enemies with the white man (Myth 88) (In the story about the book and bow, the white man steals the Indian's book.) “the white man soon stole it from him”

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