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distinguished by having feathers of different colours fastened to the rim of their ears.Each class was composed of the descendents of one family, and beingblood connenious were frobidden to enter many with those of the same clan. Each clan camped by itself. (etreiently the cherokersas will as creeks, had seven sides to their council houres, and when as sembled each clan occupied its own appropriate side though the men saton one end of the seats and the women on the other . Each clan was veinced in all respects as one family. They had one standard under the special direction of the priests.This was a long pole , with the hand taken off and the wood painted white ,and an eagle tail tried to the end of it. This was raised by the direction of their leader, and when they marched it was taken down and carried by two men The priests were called uni ku wi in hi. of the priest for the war(elska yu gv stu ega) This was painted red and had a red cloth fastened to the top.This was raised only to call the people to war.When any one saw this he raised the war whoopand ran to it .The war dance commenned sound this standard.

They were one year in performing the journey through the wilderernefs.When they came to rivers their leader,by the direction of god ,struck there with his red,and the water above stopped which that belov floweddown,so as to make the passager easy even for children.Thus they crossed four river or water in their journey. Thus way was so dreadful that if God had not led them, they could never have got through.After crossing the fourth river in the nanner men- tioned above they came to the country which God had given them;and called the town where they fint rested Mahi mi ter.Thomas Smith

It took them a great many year to get through the wildermefs to their country, and on accoount of the Danger of they way a great part of the people were destroyed before they got through.Nutsavi( olog