Early History of the Cherokees Embracing Aboriginal Customs Religion Laws Folk Lore and Civilization. Illustrated

Unlike Emmet Starr's better known and much longer History of the Cherokee Indians (originally published in 1921) this 1917 work focuses on Cherokee life culture politics and self-governance not genealogy and biography. Mr. Starr whose grandparents had settled in the Cherokee Nation West (Arkansas Country) by 1832 explained in his preface to the book that with this volume he strived to present many of the phases of Cherokee Indian history that might not be preserved and understood.