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8 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Uvu.. 09
T\n^ ])c.o\)\vt arc mostly a^riciilturistB, and very primitive tillers of
the soil, and turn to fishing; and to what little huntinjj: there is still
to be done as the seasons and the white man's law allows! They live
as a rule in 1-room log cabins, covered with hewn boards, although
fiv(i or six families live in frame houses built by natives or half
bloods that have learned the art in the Government schools. The
(Cabins are scattered about the two slopes of the cove, at least 500 to
()()() yards, often a mile and more, from each other. This does not
])revent the inmates from knowing all that happens in the valley.
lOven if Cherok(H^ eyes are no longer trained on the warpath, they are
still Mimoyingly keen!
There is ((uit(^ a remarkable spirit of tribal and social solidarity
reigning among the people (cf. pp. 80-81); against a white intruder,
whetiier he be a CJovernment oflicial or not, a glacial reserve is observed,
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