There was an article a few years ago, it might have been in  
Archaeology magazine or Smithsonian, I forget, I read so many of  
them. And a piece in, I think, the Washington Post. But it was quite  
exciting, it seems tribal members and archaeologists had discovered  
the site, and the remains of a large circular ceremonial fire pit and  
other things on the mountain were just as the legends had always said  
were there. They feel certain this was the Cherokee ancestral site.  
And then the bickering began. Try a Google.

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Mar 3, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Coats Family History wrote:

> hmm, I'm not familiar with this....
>
> There is a Cherokee Nation on the Qualla Reservation in North
> Carolina, we call them the Eastern Cherokee, they did not participate
> in the Trail of Tears, their ancestors hid in the Smokey
> Mountains...they do btw have a blood quantum requirement and you must
> be able to document your ancestory back to one of the Eastern
> Rolls....
>
> Charlotte
>

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