Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . - the conservators of the ancient traditions,and exem]:)lars of the aboriginal life once common in var\ing degreeto all the tribes of the Ciulf States. Cntil 1881, when the first schoolwas established, they continued virtually unchanged. Since then,schools, railroads, and lumber industries have made rapid advance,which, with the passing of the older generation, must l)ef()re nian\-years bring to a close the Indian period. 5 62 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 63 On this occasion, Mr. Mooney made headquarters
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . - the conservators of the ancient traditions,and exem]:)lars of the aboriginal life once common in var\ing degreeto all the tribes of the Ciulf States. Cntil 1881, when the first schoolwas established, they continued virtually unchanged. Since then,schools, railroads, and lumber industries have made rapid advance,which, with the passing of the older generation, must l)ef()re nian\-years bring to a close the Indian period. 5 62 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 63 On this occasion, Mr. Mooney made headquarters in the largestand most conservative settlement, locally known as Raven Town orBig Cove, some 12 miles from the agency, over a very rough moun-tain road impassable for vehicles during a part of the year. Here,shut in by the highest peaks east of the Mississippi, some 500 Indiansdwell in fairly comfortable two-room log cabins perched high up on. Fig. 60.—Cherokee potter; Katalsta, daughter ofYanaguski, Drowning Bear, Head chief of the EastCherokee ahoiit 1838. Photograph hy Mooney. the slopes of the mountains, always near a convenient till their fields of corn and beans, which extend sometimes evenup to the crest of the ridge. Some have oxen, and a few have horses,but the great majority cultivate their fields by hand, and travel alwayson foot. While many are nominally Christians, and most of the younger]:)eople can speak English, they still, as a community, adhere to their NO. 8 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I913 63 ancient rites of the (ireen Corn dance, the going to water at everynew moon, the fishing and hunting charms, the medicine man, andthe native ball game. Many of the women are expert in basketmaking, in a variety of patterns, but the pottery art, which flourisheda few years ago, is now virtually extinct. The blow-gun, formerlyused for shooting small game, is now almost a thing of the past,together with the
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