Jerry,

Great reference -- and thanks for quoting in detail. I hate to say it, but it sounds like Hugill was talking B.S. -- He never does indicate whether HE looked at Eckstrom's version, and seems to be only assuming what Colcord meant. When I read Colcord, I only assume there was some ~similarity~ between Cherokee and Kanaka that may cause them to have gotten easily conflated in the days of purely oral tradition.

The university I used to be a member of has a copy of Eckstorm's book showing as on the shelf in the library right now -- too bad I'm several thousand miles away!!

Gibb