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CHEROKEE INDIANS AND GAMBLING
CHEROKEE INDIANS AND GAMBLING
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CHEROKEE INDIANS AND GAMBLING
Interesting grouping of letters concerning the Cherokee language, specifically requests for Cherokee phrases used when gambling. All but two letters in the group show the efforts of a researcher to find a native speaker to answer his questions. A 1935 2pp. 4to. letter from the husband of a Cherokee offers the closest translation to "Let us gamble" or "Dice game", which is simply "game", as the Cherokee had no such notion as gambling. A 1935 2pp. 4to. letter from Oklahoma Cherokee E. D. Hicks offers three translations in English and Cherokee symbols, and also mentions that gambling did not exist, while "corn stalk shootings, ball plays and foot races" were games of skill and not bet upon. Very good.
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