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    The Cherokees _ By Grace Steele Woodward SOMERSET COUNTY LIBRARY BRIDGEWATER, N. J. 08802 THE CHEROKEES Cherokees] received us with great kindness. ... And After them, we found the Falls of Niagra the most interesting object of our journey." The customs—especially concerning marriage—of eighteenth-cen- tury Cherokees have long been both incomprehensible and intri- guing to historians, As described by Adair and others, Cherokee mar- riage ceremonies of this period were brief and simple. The ritual merely entailed the exchange of gifts, in lieu of vows, between a bride and her groom, and lasted but half an hour. Meeting at the center of the Town House, the groom gave the bride a ham of venison and in exchange received from her an ear of corn, whereupon the wedding party danced and feasted for hours on end. The groom's gift of venison symbolized his intention to keep his household sup- plied with game from the hunt, and the bride’s ear of corn signi- fied her willingness to be 2 good Cherokee housewife.** ‘The fact that Cherokees frequently made three marriages within one year struck eighteenth

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