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• These are the words of Dr. Butler. "The following traditions were mentioned by Big Cabin, a Cherokee, who is probably ninety years old. He stated that he scratched out heard them when fifteen years old, from the most aged men, and they stated that they heard them from the mouths of their aged fathers when they were in their youth. It was Big Cabin's opinion, and that of the interpreter, who was a pious man, that they were ancient traditions, from time immemorial; long before the foot of a white man was placed on American soil.

     "At the commencement of the human family there were a man & his wife & two sons. They lived together happily & their days glided away pleasantly, until their sons became anxious to know where their mother obtained their provisions. They noticed her going every day in a certain direction & returning with food for them. In an act of disobedience they one day followed her & found that she went to a large beautiful field where grew every article necessary for their comfort & sustenance. 
     "But trouble & quarrels followed this first act of disobedience, and soon one of the brothers slew the other. This was the commencement of all the misery of the human family."