Motif
flight to mountain refuge after attack
flight_to_mountain_refuge_after_attack
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee ILLUSTRATIONS / MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE / I--INTRODUCTION / II--HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHEROKEE; lines 1964-2035 confidence: high
Thirty-six towns on Oconaluftee, Tuckasegee, Little Tennessee, and Hiwassee are destroyed; crops and stock are ruined or taken; Cherokee people flee with women and children into the Great Smoky Mountains; the passage notes small numbers killed or captured but great property destruction.
Cherokee people flee with women and children into the Great Smoky Mountains, are driven into Nantahala or toward Overhill towns, and later appear to fall back toward the mountains.
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