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First Encounters: Cherokees and the White Man.

Cherokees met Europeans and African Americans.
These stories fascinate many people.
They show how Cherokees viewed other cultures.

White settlers came from the east.
They wanted friendly relations.
Cherokees stayed cautious at first.
Newcomers left whisky at a spring.
Cherokees tried the drink.
They soon danced and celebrated.
White men joined them.
They shook hands in friendship.
This started a complex relationship.

In one creation tale, the white man got a sacred stone.
The Indian received silver.
The white man threw away the stone.
The Indian ignored the silver.
Later, the white man valued the silver.
The Indian treasured the sacred stone.
It became like wealth to him.

Around 1822, Sequoya created the Cherokee alphabet.
Some opposed his work.
They said reading was not for Indians.
They told a story.
The elder Indian got a book.
The white man got a bow and arrows.
The Indian neglected the book.
The white man took it.
Indians should hunt for survival.

Another tale describes the first locomotive.
An African American made it as a toy.
He put it on a wooden track.
A white man watched.
He killed the maker.
He claimed the invention.
This story reveals creativity and exploitation.

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