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From: 'Penny Ferguson'
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Pulaski Ky
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:53:03 -0500
References: <000801c52f91$835cfd40$e826e104@hppav>
This massacre was never reported in any newspapers or books at the time mentioned, it is said that it was handed down through the Cherokee generations. McCreary County KY joins Pulaski County.
YAHOO FALLS MASSACRE, McCREARY COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Kenneth Barnett Tankersley, Ph.D.Native American Studies Program
Northern Kentucky University
Copyright 2004, 2005
Introduction
Yahoo Falls is located in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, National Park Service, McCreary County, Kentucky. 'Yahoo' is a local variation of the Cherokee word, Ya-hu-la, used in reference to a story about a trader who lived in a great stone house and was taken away by the Nu-ne-hi, the Spirit People. 4 Ya-hu-la would sing his favorite songs as the bells hanging around the necks of his ponies tinkled, echoing through the mountains along the Great Tellico Trail. One time, all the warriors left on a hunt, but when it was over and they returned, Ya-hu-la was nowhere to be found-the Nu-ne-hi had taken him to the Spirit World. While he was there, Ya-hu-la made the mistake of eating the food of the Nu-ne-hi, which meant that he could never return to his people except as a spirit. Although he was never seen again, the Cherokee believe that the songs of Ya-hu-la and the tinkling bells of his horses can still be heard at night near the running water of Yahoo Falls. On the Trail of Tears, the story of Ya-hu-la was used "
From: 'Penny Ferguson'
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Pulaski Ky
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:53:03 -0500
References: <000801c52f91$835cfd40$e826e104@hppav>
This massacre was never reported in any newspapers or books at the time mentioned, it is said that it was handed down through the Cherokee generations. McCreary County KY joins Pulaski County.
YAHOO FALLS MASSACRE, McCREARY COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Kenneth Barnett Tankersley, Ph.D.Native American Studies Program
Northern Kentucky University
Copyright 2004, 2005
Introduction
Yahoo Falls is located in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, National Park Service, McCreary County, Kentucky. 'Yahoo' is a local variation of the Cherokee word, Ya-hu-la, used in reference to a story about a trader who lived in a great stone house and was taken away by the Nu-ne-hi, the Spirit People. 4 Ya-hu-la would sing his favorite songs as the bells hanging around the necks of his ponies tinkled, echoing through the mountains along the Great Tellico Trail. One time, all the warriors left on a hunt, but when it was over and they returned, Ya-hu-la was nowhere to be found-the Nu-ne-hi had taken him to the Spirit World. While he was there, Ya-hu-la made the mistake of eating the food of the Nu-ne-hi, which meant that he could never return to his people except as a spirit. Although he was never seen again, the Cherokee believe that the songs of Ya-hu-la and the tinkling bells of his horses can still be heard at night near the running water of Yahoo Falls. On the Trail of Tears, the story of Ya-hu-la was used "
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