Conversations With the High Priest of Coosa

by Hudson, Charles M.

• ISBN13: 9780807827536
• ISBN10: 0807827533
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

This book depicts the world of the Coosa, a native tribe that dominated the ridge and valley area of eastern Tennessee, northwestern Georgia, and northeastern Alabama in the 1500s and that is believed to have eventually become the Creek. Beginning with all that is currently known about the beliefs, traditions, and culture of the Coosa, Hudson weaves this into a series of fictionalized conversations between a real-life Spanish priest (who actually did travel to Coosa territory in 1560) and a fictional Coosa priest.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Acknowledgments	xix
A Letter	1	(6)
The Coming of the Nokfilaki	7	(7)
The Contest between the Four-footeds and the Flyers	14	(6)
More Animal Stories	20	(10)
Rabbit	30	(8)
Master of Breath and the Great Ones	38	(14)
Sun, Corn Woman, Lucky Hunter, and the Twosome	52	(20)
Horned Serpent, the Clans, and the Origin of Bears	72	(14)
The Vengeance of Animals, the Friendship of Plants, and the Anger of the Sun	86	(11)
Divination, Sorcery, and Witches	97	(23)
Sun Chief and Sun Woman	120	(14)
Tastanake and the Ball Game	134	(11)
Everyday Life Is Their Book	145	(7)
Posketa	152	(24)
The Last Conversation	176	(13)
A Note on the Spelling of Creek Words	189	(2)
Sources	191	(24)
Illustration Credits	215	(4)
Index	219