Henderson daily dispatch., September 19, 1934, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3

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a rums Summons Cherokees From Carolina Hills
or Revival Os Rites Antedating Columbus’ Voyage
Central Press photos made on Cherokee reservation in North Carolina: (1)
Ail part of the gamc-an Amerindian bearing down on his opponent in
games of ani-tsagi; (2) Swanson Owen, head chief of eastern Cherokees; (3)
By JOHN D. TOPPING
Central Press Writer
Asheville, Sept. 19. (CP)—The hills
and recesses at the headwaters of the
Oconalufty river are reverberating
with the solemn roll of tribal dums of
of the eastern Cherokees.
They are calling in the tribesmen
from their cabins and providing the
accompainment for their rehearsals
TOBACCO PRICES GETTING HIGHER EVERY DAY I
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$45 for First and Second Curings. AT COOPERS AND PLANTERS I
Monday, September 24**»First Sale at Coopers
Tips Higher Than Before in Many Years and First Second Sale at Planters I
A Few Sales Made On Our Floors Today —-1
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for the greatest Amerindian event of
the year east of the Mississippi—the
(Cherokee Fair.
Scheduled for Sept. 18-21, the ear
liest date in its history, the fair be
lies its name. Held at Yellow Hill,
an ancient tribal stamping ground,
the fair resembles a white man’s cel
ebration only in the exhibits and oc
casional “concessions.”
HENDERSON. (N. C.) DULY DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1984.
Amerindian maidens—a contrast between ancient and modren type; (4)
typical member of younger generation; (5) modern Cherokee types practic
ing for the archery gams.
To the Chreokee it is a ritual, a
celebration of the ripening of the
corn, the traditional time for native
ceremonials and tests of skill. Whites
are permitted to be spectators and
several thousands of them attend.
Hid From Whites
■Flowing down from the mighty
slopes of the Great Smoky moun
tains, the Oconalufty river, s waters a
secluded valley some 60 miles west
from Asheville, N. C, and on the
easterri boundary of the new Great
Smokies national park. In it, on a
reservation of 60,000 acres, are the
cabins of the eastern band of Chero
kees, the last remnant of their na
tion in the east.
They remain in possession Qf this
last strip of their eastern hunting"
grounds, because of the stubborn en
durance of 1 red ancestors who 'fled'
secret hiding places in the Smokies
when the rest of their nation was
forced westward to Oklahoma by
federal bayonets and the imperative
will of President Jackson.
■They zealously preserve tribal cus
torris that were ancient when Colum
bus landed in the .West Iriclies. At
the fair old men and women will
dance the “Green Corn,” “Eagle" and
“Butterfly” dances in celebration of
the maturing of the! crops. Young
men will contest with bow and ar
row. Patriarchs will demonstrate
deadly accuracy with the blowgun,
that ancient weapon, peculiar to this
tribe in North America.
Stout bucks already are grooming
themselves for the ghmes of “Indian
ball.” It is In anticipation of these
games that the drums are thumping.
In the secluded valleys the younger
braves of the five towns, Qualla,
Woftown, Yellow Hill, Birdtown and
Big Crow, prepare themselves to
withstand an enforced fast, to drink
a brew concocted from fnysterious
herbs, to allow themselves to be
scratched to the quick with the point
of ah eagle feather in the hands of
a medicine man, and to dance all
light in the “ball dances” before sal
lying forth to the games.
Ancestor of Lacrosse
The game of “Indian ball’ as the
Cherokees play it is the forerunner
of modern lacrosse. The early Freqch
settlers' in Canada adopted if from
the Iroquois, who learned it from the
Cherokees during gatherings of the
Six" Nations. ***** '
“Indian ball,” or “ana-tsagi’ as the
Cherokees call it requires more skill
than tennis, roughter than football,
and has a merciless rivalry all its
own. Teams of the braves of the five
towns will meet in the games at
Cherokee during ithe fair por the
tribal championship.
In the games the braves wear only
scanty trunks and a hawk feather.
Each carriers two “ball-sticks.” These
are about 24 inches in length and re
semble diminutive tennis rackets.
After the ceremony of “Matching
the Sticks,” in which opponents are
paired with reference to weight and
agility, the ball, a tiny affair, is
thrown into the air and the modified
murder begins.
A “score is made by picking up
the ball from the ground with the
ball-sticks ancj carrying it in any
manner between the poles that mark
the opposing goals. When a warrior
has the ball, his chosen opponent
may use almost any means to stop
him. He may throw the ball-carrier
to earth and grind his face into the
sod. He may strike the ball-carrier
with the ball sticks..
A Murderous Game
If the ball be carried in the mouth
as it often is, the opponent may com
pel its surrender by strangulation, or
he may pry open the jaws and re
trive the ball wth his hands. In this
case the ball-carrier may defend him
self by using his teeth. Should the
ball be hidden in the trunks, the
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ball-carrier is likel to be disrobed in
the ensuing scrimmage.
Injured'* players leaving the game,
take their opponents with them.
Twelve hectic, goals by one side and
the game is over.
Samson Owl, venerable principal
chief of the band, now approaching
the century mark will rule over the
festivities.
in the years since they cut them
selves off in the Smokies, the eastern
tribe of Cherokees has multiplied,
from 700 individuals to nearly 3,000
Approximately 1,000 of these are pure
bloods. '
Men Still Beardless
Coldly solen in outward demeanor,
reticent in speech, the eastern Chreo
kee holds;, himself aloof from the
whites. Except at the Fair, few
white men or women ever witness
the ancient ceremonies of the band.
Pure Cherokee men are for the
most part beardless. Their families
are small.
Intermarriage with whites and
blacks .has produced a cross-breed
population of 2,000. The half-breeds
and quarter breeds. Uve.-ftn, the reser
vatofi. end are .accepted
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as such, but pure-bloods have more
prestige in the tribe. Half-breed men
show a tendency to be bearded and
half-breed families are larger—a re
sult of the influence of more fecund
races.
Record Class Os
New Men Enrolled
At State Opening
College Station. Raleigh, Sept. 19
With the registration of upperclass
men at State College today, the pe
riod of freshman orientation which,
began Friday will be ended.
The largest number of freshmen tc
enrol lat the inrtitution in several}
years has been reported by colleeg of
ficials and wit hthe transfer students
who registered Tnesuay, the numeur
of new me r-> iexpected *o reach
about 700, wit ha total enrollment of
all students of hewteen 1700 and 1800
Arthur Rackham, British artist and
born 67 years ago. , •