Origins: Did Cherokee lose an Indian?

Subject: Origins: Did Cherokee lose an Indian?
From: John Hardly
Date: 14 Mar 08 - 06:45 PM

Everyone knows that there are only two differences between Cherokee Shuffle and Lost Indian.

1. CS is in the key of A and LI is in the key of D

2. LI drops a measure from the "B" part (from both parts depending on how the locals play CS).

Does anyone know the definitive answer -- is the "Lost Indian" actually, cleverly referring to the dropped measure? Is that its origin? Or did LI actually come first, thereby blowing that theory out of the water?

Subject: RE: Origins: Did Cherokee lose an Indian?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 14 Mar 08 - 07:38 PM

Everyone knows that there are only two differences between Cherokee Shuffle and Lost Indian.

This everyone has never heard of either title.

That said, see what you make of this Fiddler's Companion search

Subject: RE: Origins: Did Cherokee lose an Indian?
From: John Hardly
Date: 14 Mar 08 - 08:02 PM

Thanks for the link. It seems to imply that Lost Indian came first, thereby casting doubt on the theory that it had anything to do with the missing measure.

Subject: RE: Origins: Did Cherokee lose an Indian?
From: BanjoRay
Date: 14 Mar 08 - 08:45 PM

Round Peak fiddler Richard Bowman plays Lost Indian in A. It has a different second part to Cherokee Shuffle. The Lost Indian that is played in D seems to be related to Lonesome Indian as played by Earl Collins. This has another different B part.
Ray