Motif
Named leaders promoting new foods or domesticates
named_leaders_promoting_new_foods_or_domesticates
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder 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 THE CHEROKEE NATION IN THE WEST--1840-1900 / THE EASTERN BAND / III--NOTES TO THE HISTORICAL SKETCH / SYNONYMS; lines 9919-10009 confidence: medium
Guns are placed around 1700 or 1710; horses become numerous before 1760; the Cherokee and Creek terms for cow are compared as indicating Spanish-mediated knowledge; Nancy Ward is cited as introducing the cow.
Nancy Ward is credited with introducing the cow, and Charles Hicks is described as trying to introduce coffee among people who considered it poison.
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