"Bruce Holland Rogers - In the Matter of the Ukdena" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rogers Bruce Holland)

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Sequoyah, 1766-1843, Tsalagi. First president of the U.N.T.I., commander in chief of the
Continental Army in the War of Union, called the Father of His Country. He created a syllabary for the
Tsalagi language, based on the characters he saw for English and Spanish writing, providing the model for
the Universal Writing System.
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New Etowah, capital of the U.N.T.I., coextensive with the District of Sequoyah.
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Andrew Jackson, 1767-1832. White separatist leader. After his defeat by units of the Creek Nation
in the battle of Horseshoe Bend, Jackson escaped and continued to lead Europeans opposed to national
assimilation. Convinced that his vision of a European-dominated culture could take root in the west, he
led his erstwhile followers on an ill-fated forced march. See Trail of Tears.
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In those times
before the white people came to Turtle Island
the Tsalagi, the Principal People,
lived in the mountains
that were at the middle of the earth.

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They wanted
peace at the center of all things.
At the center of all things,
harmony.

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Late in the last year of the eleventh heaven,
seven generations before the first hell
of the Fifth World,
the days and nights came into
balance
and the cornstalks grew heavy
with grain,
so the Principal People began the Green Corn Ceremony
that would preserve harmony for all beings.

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In the council houses of many villages,
the Tsalagi danced and made offerings
to the sacred fire.