Plate I. In the Cherokee mountains 11
II. Map: The Cherokee and their neighbors. 14
III. Map: The old Cherokee country 23
IV. Sequoya (Sikwâyi) 108
V. The Cherokee alphabet 112
VI. Tahchee (Tatsi) or Dutch 140
VII. Spring-frog or Tooantuh (Du'stu') 142
VIII. John Ross (Gu'wisguwi') 150
IX. Colonel W. H. Thomas (Wil-Usdi') 160
X. Chief N. J. Smith (Tsaladihi') 178
XI. Swimmer (A`yûñ'ini) 228
XII. John Ax (Itagû'nûhi) 238
XIII. Tagwadihi' 256
XIV. Ayâsta 272
XV. Sawanu'gi, a Cherokee ball player 284
XVI. Nikwasi' mound at Franklin, North Carolina 337
XVII. Annie Ax (Sadayi) 358
XVIII. Walini', a Cherokee woman 378
XIX. On Oconaluftee river 405
XX. Petroglyphs at Track-rock gap, Georgia 418
Figure 1. Feather wand of Eagle dance 282
2. Ancient Iroquois wampum belts 354