The Adventures of Turtle Boy and Beaver Girl

By Douglas Scott

The knowledge of the Little People of the Cherokee has been handed down by word of mouth from countless generations of the past. Even now in our modern times, there still are stories being told of the Little People. The entire Cherokee Nation, including Eastern Cherokees a

• Language: English
• Publisher: Book Vine Press
• Release date: Jul 20, 2021
• ISBN: 9781955885287

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Dedication

To the memory of Sondra S. Scott, my wife, and to the memory of my Cherokee father Jesse James Scott for passing to me my Cherokee heritage.

Acknowledgments

The author wishes to acknowledge the role of his late wife Sondra Sue Scott in her encouragement to him in writing this book and for the many hours she typed the manuscripts and for correcting his spelling. Douglas would also like to thank his sons Timothy Matthew Scott and Douglas Wayne Scott Jr. for helping their father with his computer and e-mail correspondence. For the middle son Jeffrey L. Scott, thank you for the encouragement to write this book and get it published.

The author would also like to acknowledge the hard work of Tyler Worsham of Tate Publishing for working through the edits with him and understanding that Native Americans sometimes write like they talk.

Also, thanks to his daughter-in-law Jennifer Scott for setting up his computer and for creating a Facebook account for the book.

Prologue

The Little People of the Cherokee

The knowledge of the Little People of the Cherokee has been handed down by word of mouth from countless generations of the past. Even now in our modern times, there still are stories being told of the Little People.

The entire Cherokee Nation, including Eastern Cherokees and Western Cherokees, call the Little People in their language, Yunwi Tsunsdi.

What do these Little People look like? They are only half or less the size of the people in the Cherokee Nation. They stand just above the knee on the big Cherokee. They have brown skin like the deer and long black hair, the color of the black bear. The Little People are very handsome and always very clean.

They are given names of animals, birds, and things of nature by the Ghigua or Beloved Woman as they are called in their clans. No one seems to know where the Little People came from or when they first appeared.

The Little People, like the big Cherokees, have their Nation divided up into Seven Clans. They are the Bird Clan, Deer Clan, Wolf Clan, the Wildcat or Panther Clan, Wild Potato Clan, the Hair Clan, and the Paint Clan.

Each clan has a high council of chiefs and a Ghigua, Beloved Woman, and all of their meetings are held in a medicine lodge. Each clan also has a Medicine Woman, who knows how to make medicine out of herbs, tree bark, and the roots of different plants. They use these medicines to heal different types of sickness.

The purpose in the life of the Little People is to be helpful to all people, especially children. They love children and are very protective of them. They have what is called in the English language, responsibilities, given to them by the Great Creator. They are sent out to all tribes of people to help in the times of need.

The Great Creator has given them the mystical gift of not being seen. They appear only when they want to be seen. Also, they have other wondrous gifts to help them in their responsibilities.

They love to dance to the drums in their villages, and they love to sing. Sometimes they play pranks on the Big People, like hiding personal items, only to return them later. They never do things to harm people, which they never have. They have respect for other people’s rights and privileges. Their own greatest desire is to please the Great Creator for being so kind to them. They live in harmony with all animals and nature itself.

The Irish in Ireland have their Leprechauns, and we Cherokee have our Little People.

Volume 1

Turtle Boy

and Beaver Girl

Chapter One

The Sun was now bringing the gift of light to the morning and with it came the gift of warmth. It would be a big welcome for Turtle Boy as he sat high upon the hillside on a flat rock, looking out over the great valley below. He could still feel the cold of the winter moon, but Snow Brother was now gone away for a while, and he would return as always at the proper moon. Turtle loved all the seasons as they came, each one bringing something good from the Great Creator who spoke all of this into existence.

He pulled his small blanket up around his shoulders as the wind started waking up; it felt good with the warmth it gave him. Then it came to him, this blanket was a gift to him from his best friend Beaver Girl. He knew this was a special gift in that it showed her concern for him. Then the memories started to return about how this very place where he sat was very special to these two friends and the plans they made together. It would not be long until her people would return to this valley. His heart longed to see her and once again their journeys would take them into new and exciting places.

How good of the Great Creator to bring these two into the clans of the Little People. His clan was the Bird Clan and Beaver Girl’s was the Wolf Clan.

As Turtle thought of Beaver Girl, the thought came to his mind that someday, since she was the only child in her lodge and with her great understanding ways, she would be called Ghigua. Ghigua was considered part of the Beloved Women chosen by each clan to attend the Council of Women each year. They were chosen for their outstanding qualities, which Beaver Girl had shown since she was born. For her clan she would have a seat in the High Council of Chiefs. With her compassionate ways, she could be a great peace negotiator. With his thoughts captivated by Beaver Girl, Turtle started getting sleepy; the sun was warming up the rock he was sitting on. All of a sudden he started laughing to himself. Was he dreaming? What brought this on?

Then he realized why he had been given the name Turtle Boy; it had just came to him. This is what brought the laughter to him. He had been told by his people of his lodge the reason for his name. When he came into the world and took his place in the lodge of his people, he was unusually small, even for a member of the Little People. Not only was he small, but he took on the characteristics of a land turtle. Not in his looks, but in his movements; he was slow and took each step with always being secure in the direction he was going. Early in life, he also showed the qualities of having the wisdom of the turtle. The people of his lodge were very proud of him and had great reason to believe he would take important leadership in his clan.

The naming ceremony was held by the leadership of an elderly woman who was one of the Beloved Women, after he was first commended back to the Creator by a clan spiritual leader. As all the Little People who are born into their clan, their mother and father and a spiritual elder command them back to the great creator. After this, a beloved woman