Iintsomi zamanye amazwe zeCherokee zikhankanya izinto ezingaqhelekanga ezinesakhono sokuthumela kunye nokungabonakali. Bade balwa ecaleni kwabo ngexesha ledabi nxamnye nabahlaseli.
ICherokee ithetha kakhulu ngabantu abangaqhelekanga abaziwa ngokuba yiNunnehi. AmaNunnehi ayengaqondakali, nawo yangaphakathi or ngaphandle amaqumrhu kunye nempembelelo entle kwesi sizwe, nokubaxhasa ngexesha lokulwa nabahlaseli basekhaya nabaseYurophu. ICheroqui okanye iCherokee ngabantu bomthonyama abakumaphondo ase-Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee naseNorth Carolina.
I-Nunnehi
Abantu baseCherokee banomoya kakhulu kwaye bakholelwa kumazwe amathathu ahlukeneyo: iLizwe eliPhezulu, eli Hlabathi kunye ne-Underworld. Ngokutsho kweCherokee, amandla omoya ayafumaneka kweli hlabathi, umhlaba wenyama. Ifumaneka kuyo yonke indalo: amatye, imilambo, imithi, izilwanyana, njl. Nkqu nokwakheka komhlaba: emiqolombeni nasezintabeni.
I-Nunnehi ichazwa njengezinto zokuqala nezingabonakaliyo, nangona zinokuzibonakalisa ngokuthanda. Bade batshintsha nemilo yabo, bayenza imeko yomntu ngakumbi yomlo (ochazwe njenge “Mhle”).
Bayefana nabantu bomthonyama baseMelika, kodwa babenento ethile “Ngaphezu kwendalo” or "Ngaphandle" aura. UNunne'hi uthetha "Abahambi", kodwa kwakhona “Abantu abahlala naphi na” kuba babehlala kumazwe angaqhelekanga (ngaphakathi kweentaba, imihlaba engaphantsi komhlaba naphantsi kwemilambo). Babonwa njengabantu abaphambukeli abanesakhono esingaqhelekanga, njengokungabonakali okuchazwe ngasentla, ukuthunyelwa kwemfonomfono kwaye okothusayo kukungafi.
Banceda abahambi abalahlekileyo entlango okanye abonzakele kakhulu, abathi basiwa kumazwe abo angaphantsi komhlaba ukuze babaphilise. Kwanamanye amaCherokee ahlala nabo ngokusisigxina.
Baye banceda iiCherokees kwimfazwe yokulwa nabahlaseli
AmaNunnehi ayedla ngokuthelela esi sizwe samaMerika Omthonyama ngexesha lemfazwe nxamnye nabemi baseYurophu okanye abahlaseli. Kufuphi Nikwasi Mgqumeni, eNorth Carolina, kwaqhambuka idabi phakathi kwamaCherokees kunye nesinye isizwe: Xa amaCherokees aqalisa ukurhoxa ngenkani kwindawo awayevela kuyo, umntu ongaziwayo, ekunye nelinye ibutho lemfazwe, weza kuqubisana nabahlaseli; bamangaliswa bubukho bemibutho engabonakaliyo (kodwa amaCherokees ayesazi ukuba ngamaNunnehi).
Ibali eliqokelelwe yi-ethnologist uJames Mooney kwincwadi yakhe ye-1898 Iintsomi zeCherokee uthetha ngendlu yezi zidalwa ezakhiwe phezu koxinzelelo olujikelezayo lomhlaba. Indlu yayikufuphi nedolophu yakudala yaseTugaloo kwaye yayifana nezindlu zaseCherokee. Abantu ababehlala apho babenganyanisekanga - babengenamntu. Nanini na inkunkuma okanye inkunkuma yayilahlwa kuloo ndlu, yayibonakala icocekile emva kweeyure ezimbalwa. Amakoloniyali angamaNgesi nawo anamava afanayo angaqhelekanga.
Babonwa njengabantu abanobuchule obungaqhelekanga. Phakathi kwamakhaya abelwe amaNunnehi kukho iNtaba yeGazi, iGeorgia, kufutshane neChibi iTrahlyta, iNtaba yePilot Knob, iColorado kunye neNtaba iNikwasi. Uninzi lwezi zinto zithathwa njengezinto zakudala zokwenziwa kwezi zinto.
Ke ngaba aba bakwaNunnehi yayingabantu abavela kwamanye amazwe abanxibelelana neeCherokees rhoqo? Kwezinye iintsomi zaseMelika, amaqumrhu afanayo akhankanyiwe, afana ne “Abantu beembovane” kumaIndiya angamaHopi.
