are qualified or calculated to become useful citizens, shall be entitled, on the
certificate of the commissioners, to a preemption right to one hundred and sixty
acres of land, or one quarter section, at the minimum Congress price, so as to include
the present buildings or improvements of those who now reside there; and such as
do not live there at present shall be permitted to locate within two years any lands
not already occupied by person's entitled to preemption privilege under this treaty,"
etc. Article 13 defines terms with reference to individual reservatii ins granted under
former treaties. The preamble to the supplementary articles agreed upon on March
1, 1836, recites that, "Whereas the President of the United States has expressed his
determination not to allow any preemptions or reservations, his desire being that the
whole Cherokeepeople should remove together and establish themselves in the
country provided for them west of the Mississippi river (article 1) : It is therefore
agreed that all preemption rights and reservations provided for in articles 12 and 13
shall be, and are hereby, relinquished and declared void." The treaty, in this shape,
was ratified on May 23, 1836 (see Indian Treaties, pp. 633-648, 1837).
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY
NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XI
SWIMMER 'A'YUN'INii
Hi— STORIES AND STORY TELLERS
Cherokee myths may be roughly classified as sacred myths, animal
stories, local legends, and historical traditions. To the first class
belong the genesis stories, dealing with the creation of the world, the
nature of the heavenly bodies and elemental forces, the origin of life
and death, the spirit world and the invisible beings, the ancient mon-
sters, and the hero-gods. It is