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The Cherokee tribe is a tribe of the Iroquois people of North America who live in a vast area stretching from the Ohio River in the north to South Carolina in the south. They are the oldest inhabitants of the land, having founded the Cherokee Nation and created the Cherokee language that can be written and read. Don't underestimate this, the vast majority of Indian tribes have their own languages but no written language, and the Cherokee is the only tribe among the Indians that has a way to record their history and traditions.

Unlike the average Indian tribe, the Cherokee people were more receptive to foreign civilizations. As early as 1827, they modeled their own constitution, legislative, judicial, and administrative systems, as well as revenue and expenditure systems, modeled after the white American regime. He even founded the first bilingual Native American newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix.

In 1830, Tribal Chief Ross also led a delegation to the U.S. Supreme Court to defend the rights of the Cherokees. A group of natives went to the Supreme Court of the United States to fight for their rights, not to mention at the time, it seems to be a very incredible thing now.

In the end, though, the majority of the Cherokee did not escape the tragic fate of being deported to Indian settlements west of the Mississippi River (about 15,000 Cherokees were driven out of their homes and more than 4,000 died on the way). However, the Rus' chieftain managed to protect the rights and interests of some of his people. With the help of a state legislator from Jackson County, about 600 Cherokees became North Carolina residents.

The descendants of these people live in a small valley town not far from the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains. When it became a national park, the town's Indians also set up a "Cherokee-Chora Arts & Crafts Company" to start a souvenir business.

Both Adele and Ella are seeing real Indians for the first time and are very curious about their tribal life. John was also exposed to authentic Native American culture for the first time. Most of the descendants of the Indians he had met in his previous life were in the tourism and casino businesses, and they liked to drink heavily and drive muscle cars.

The John family of three watched with great interest how the men of the tribe made canoes out of fire and axes, arrowheads out of chiseled pieces of broken stone, and women made clay pots, pots, bottles and baskets out of clay. An Indian shopkeeper named Chiler enthusiastically explained to them in fluent English.

Of course, souvenir shopping is indispensable for any era of travel, and John and they can't leave Mr. Cheeller busy. In his shop, Adele bought a handbag made of bison leather, a keychain made from a rattlesnake tail, and a headdress full of beautiful feathers. John would love to bring home a large cow head specimen, but Adele refuses on the grounds that it is unhygienic.

Bidding farewell to Mr. Chiller, the John family drove to the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the Clingmans Dome. Along the way, John has been lamenting that even the ancient Indian tribal civilization could not resist the erosion of the commercial society. Although at present, these Indians living on the reservation still maintain their cultural traditions to the greatest extent. But the coming World War II will greatly accelerate the process of their assimilation.

In a movie John watched in his previous life, "The Wind Whisperer", the movie tells the story of an Indian translator in the Pacific theater. During World War II, the U.S. Navy conscripted 29 Native American Wajo people into the U.S. Navy to prevent the Japanese from deciphering their own cipher codes. Because their language was not understood by foreigners, the U.S. military trained them as specialized translators, known as "wind whisperers."

And these Wahoes are just a microcosm of the wave of "assimilation" of the Indians during World War II. At that time, due to the shortage of troops and labor, a large number of Indians left the reservation and joined the army or went to work in the factories. Indians, who had been virtually cut off from the rest of the American community, have since entered mainstream American society, either voluntarily or involuntarily.

By the end of World War II, most Indians had been integrated into American society, so much so that even the Bureau of Indian Affairs was abolished after the war. While this may not have been a bad thing for the Indians themselves, it was a pity for John that a long, ancient civilization had died out entirely.

From the small town inhabited by the Cherokees to the Klingmans Dome, there are several hills that need to be bypassed. As the car spiraled up on the winding mountain road, the bright sunshine when going up the mountain became dim at the moment, and it felt foggy and even a little rainy. John's family was now in the clouds, shrouded in mist, and could not see anything below or beyond the mountain. In the end, they had to stop and choose to walk to the top of the mountain.

The mountain is not very high, less than 2,000 meters above sea level, and the summit is not a common pinnacle but a natural circular square. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can see the dense primeval forest with a radius of more than ten kilometers, and the scenery is very charming. Although the scenery was good, John and the others did not dare to stay longer. It's late autumn now, and the wind on the top of the mountain is strong, and the humidity is heavy, and little Ella is starting to shiver from the cold.

Hurrying down the mountain, the Johns made a beeline for the park's wooden hut for visitors. Grandma Susan prepares for them a chicken that the farm raises herself, and John plans to stew some chicken soup for her daughter. If little Ella really caught a cold, John would not have to be blamed by Adele to death. These days, a cold is no small thing.

Fortunately, these wooden huts, made of stout giant shirts, were typical of Indian style on the outside, except for the doors and chimneys without windows, but the inside was quite comfortable, and the walls and floors were covered with thick animal skins and blankets, which were much warmer than the outside. Otherwise, John would have driven straight back to Grandma Susan's house.

John did his own dinner that day, and Adele, who was used to gas stoves, couldn't figure out the camping utensils. John, who often goes deer hunting in the mountains of Montana in winter, is very good at this. John made a few sandwiches with toasted bread, bacon, steak, onions, and lettuce, and baked sausages, corn on the cob, potatoes, and pumpkin pie, plus chicken soup and fruit, and a hearty dinner came alive.

After the meal, little Ella, who had been tired of playing for the past two days, was already a little sleepy. Adele took her to the end of the game and coaxed her to sleep. John made a pot of coffee on a small kerosene stove and was ready to talk to Adele when his daughter fell asleep.