The Washington herald., 1914-01-11
CHEROKEE WOMEN
EQUAL WITH men
Superiority Of Squaws Due to
High Standards Of Mar.
rage Laws.
RIGHTS WELL DEFINED



The s-heroka. tr;hs a, ~.
$50 u 1North american
humans "as' IN the days OF long ago, a
unique race In many essential resn..,,
and th.v MAR.
s'e ahd Isolated
Seope' icing caheo the mounfaineers OF
N Aef1ca oy the earliest white
. ea"e 70 know them- This
49,, oe ae All umes proved them
s..r vel eo,e 10 noid their own
IIv;ns . n any hunoer OF confederate tribes
LIVING north OF them and with whom
go uereht unies, ciashed In war
T.L
,his al IN an the Cherokees, when
,gh;,a 1911 was nrst visited by the
r. man, were the most numerous. the
80, pomeui and the most advanced
"oay OF indians north Of the Rio Grande
,h,,y. .he cherokee lived In what
80. eaieu .owhs-that is, In neighbor-
Ia. VI seuements consisting of n
Nv a. snn,,. neio or farm. surrounded
lie, IN ~. ,ii1,p OF tepees OF the fami-
Other ~, ,ase-separated from each
habited ro,,r, opeh. senerahy unin-
games. uo'eu 10 haturaI
INTO Seven Clans.
The great tribe or nation WAS in a..
early days of its known h,s,<-,- ...sS
into seven clans, each clan bsine 60
posed Of persons of both sexe. $780,,
to each other on the maternal s,ds snd
comprising one great family-ths entire
tribe thus consisting of but ,even IN
these so-called families
Memoers or each clan or family were
Ierpidden by strict law of the nation
from marrying within the same clan
under penalty of death. the clan reIa-
nonship being the first thing taught 10
rme young members OF the tribe. and al
himself. ~ ''''a'
The children "a how and -,-, To-
exampleI born 70 c,,,rfa e., . 10.
one clan and the mother az .nothar ~
come members of the mothers Clan
When the girl grew up and was married
her children belonged to the same ola,
as herself
When a man married the second tins
and had children by both wives. members
Of separate clans. the youngsters al
ways became members of the clan of
their mother. although they were half
brothers and sisters.
A stringent tribal regulation forbade
between blood relations ON the
with as absolute SEVERITY ee.
of the same clan. II was in
this strict manner that the Cberokees
avoided the disastrous results that AL
ways followed the habit or custom Of
lnbreedlng. and for this reason mostIy,
they developed into a healthy. active and
intelligent race of Indians
However, this great tribe owed i,s all
not alone TO the cIan $50, =,
marriage and descent a. tn h;at
gard paid to the feminine nortio,, ~ ,ho
ace was another renarkabIe and be,s1
fetal feature of their success
women,. Rfsht.
The women of the tr;hs x,s-. ..,s
with men in personal r;vhts go -.
sidered far superior as resnectsd .h.
principle of heredity and tran.,,i..;-. -
qualities, always vitality in,nortant -
the Cherokee. This indaxihIa -
tanning to marriage rsou;r;,, ~
fusion of new bIood NJ -. e m
the cause of another bain, a5,.S
seven then EXISTING cIon. 80 49, nv
In one of the ssr,,, - ~
,eenth century OF me SIX
,r tventv war-;o,. .iteen
-berokea nat,on Oh tne
,ez. kno,-r, SH,.,.i me VAST WIDER
,Io,5,- -. as me oark and
n r.ysnga -. iIo'n ioraS
In s' hostie northern
r. A.
49,. .,s. VI inns secuon an I'M
- SO Son.uoe iar from the habitations
risitaJ b., -. gu men, a region rarely
- Oh any trice, tract
80 ~ 'ne braves We're 10th to
49, ss sinsu oand OF warriors found.
-. q. ,ne loot Oh molly tree, little
- - "nose presence at that place
;ior ,h.. us'ioh gave the impress
- sne nao oeeh carried and left
an intended victim OF sacrifice
y tne savage instinct OF some
parents or trioe-
Her Costume Was Fine.
Her cosf,rs r-.s e,a h,,. -,
ire the Cberoksss ia rs,,a- -. ~
which tbav h,d an. 100000 IT, Ia ~
me was perfect of form and -,
Iithougb nrostr,tsJ Co.., - -es'uIe'
,austion. When oues,ionsd Oh. 80,
~ a language foreign 10 each ~ the -
Tors and who she was ana 90 -,
ribe she belonged was never ascsrt.;nasI
After uhbinding and ATTENDING 70 ~,
wants of the child, the band held \
ma :, - I,,an;,,o,,si.. $780, os uone'
mali ratbsring Of hra,.os oa,,na.s to
snr.s.ntirc ana sc,in,- 49, ~
boritx Of the C,beroLas na,io, -
irbt 10 ipts,fare With 80 aviSa,. iau no
npsiderad aud solemn =, a. - -
nc worsbipruI devotion by son,. ~,
,pown peopIe and by such intsrfe-snn.
urfIen The entire notion WITH r.-r..;
ility and expose It 10 possible danesr
However. il was further dec,dsd a.,
any warrior present should ~ ~, o.
rec will desire to preserve the cby,d ava
suffer the conseouences he