The towns built log houses. The other Indians (in the tribe) built houses out of grass and mud. Wild grasses were used for the roofs of the mud and grass houses.
Cherokee clothes look much like ours. They made it out of animal skin instead.
Cherokee women wove baskets, made clothing, cooked, planted seeds, and
harvested the crops. They also taught girls how to plant, hoe, reap,
prepare food, and how to pound corn into flour.
Cherokee men hunted deer and bear. Men usually made and repaired their own moccasins. They taught boys how to canoes, bows, arrows, and how to hunt for food. The men also fished and cut down trees.
Cherokee girls learned how to plant, hoe, reap, prepare food, and how to pound corn into flour. When it came to fall, the girls gathered nuts. They carried the nuts in baskets that they had woven together. The pottery bowls (they made) they carried water in.
The Cherokee boys learned how to make bows, arrows, canoes, how to hunt for food too.
The Cherokee ate fish, corn, nuts, deer, bear, beans, and squash.
Their territory covered part of eight states. In 1838 soldiers that had weapons, rounded up all the Cherokee they could find. They had to travel through Nashville, Tennessee and up to Hopkinsville, Kentucky. They also crossed Illinois to Missouri. The Cherokee stopped at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. When they were traveling, about four thousand people died. That route was called the Trail of Tears because of that.
The Cherokee learned the white man’s way faster than any other tribe! They also barely fought other tribes.
Elias Boudinot was sent to raise funds and said that they owned 22,000 cattle, 7,600 horses, 2,500 sheep, 46,000 swine, 2,488 spinning wheels, 762 looms, 172 wagons, 2,943 plows, 18 schools and 18 ferries.
53,000 members are in the Western Band. Many Cherokee have jobs like we do. There are still some Cherokee around.
By: Leah
