Cherokee Myth
Tales Around the Campfire - Robert Hood, designer, and Edward Francis Finden, engraver, Interior of a Cree Indian Tent. March 25th. 1820, 1823
BABY SONG, TO PLEASE THE CHILDREN
Ha′wiye′-hyuwe′, Ha′wiye′-hyuwe′,
Yu′wĕ-yuwĕhe′, Ha′wiyĕhyu′-uwe′—
Yâ′nû une′guhi′ tsana′sehâ′;
Eʼtĭ une′guhi′ tsana′sehâ′;
Yâ′nû nudûñnelû′ tsa′nadiskâ′.
Ha′wiye′-hyuwe′, Ha′wiye′-hyuwe′,
Yu′wĕ-yuwĕhe′, Ha′wiyĕhyu′-uwe′—
The Bear is very bad, so they say;
Long time ago he was very bad, so they say;
The Bear did so and so, they say.
See: Myths of the Cherokee. Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington Government Printing Office 1902. Recorded by James Mooney (1861-1921) was an American ethnographer who lived for several years among the Cherokee.
