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A Cherokee woman's America : memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907 / edited and introduced by Karen L. Kilcup ; preface and notes by Karen L. Kilcup and Stephen Brandon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Owen, Narcissa, 1831-1911.
- Standardized Title:
- Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cherokee women--Biography.
- Cherokee women.
- Cherokee Indians--History.
- Cherokee Indians.
- Owen, Narcissa, 1831-1911.
- Owen, Narcissa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Memoirs reveal a fascinating and complex 19th-century woman-an artist, music teacher, storyteller, Confederate slave owner, Washington socialite, wife of a white railroad executive, widow, and mother of the first Native American U.S. Senator, Robert L. Owen, Jr.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Table of Contents vii; List of Illustrations ix; Acknowledgments xi; A Note on the Text xii; Preface xiii; Chronology xx; Genealogy xxiii; "The art spirit remains in me to this day": Contexts, Contemporaries, and Narcissa Owen's Political Aesthetics 1; Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907 43; Dedication 45; Introduction 46; Chapter I. Some Old Cherokee Legends and Beliefs 48; The Story of Kalanah 54; The Story of Chic-sa-te-he 56; Thanksgiving Proclamation 57; A Cherokee Rheumatism Cure 61; Cherokee Cure for Snake Bite 61
- Chapter II. Cherokees Visit England-Ocono-stota-Conflict with Georgia-Removal to West 63The First English Treaty with the Cherokees, 1730 66; Oconostota 67; The First Migration to the Indian Territory 71; Claremore 75; Chapter III. Concerning My Father, Thomas Chisholm, and President Thomas Jefferson 79; The Jefferson Medal 83; Chapter IV. Some Recollections of My Early Life 86; Chapter V. Memories of Clinch River and Lynchburg 100; Life on Clinch River, at Evan's Bridge 100; Lynchburg 104; Making Confederate Uniforms 107; The King Story 111; Soldier's Story 113; A Piece of Embroidery 115
- Chapter VI. The Author as Mother and Teacher-Vicissitudes 117A New Variety of Burglar 125; Chapter VII. Wharton Tragedy, Being a Word More Concerning Ancestry 129; Chapter VIII. Modern Misrepresentation of the Indians 133; Chapter IX. Being a Miscellaneous Chapter Concerning Many Persons and Things 136; Home at the Metropolitan 142; Some Family Data 146; Some Things I Have Enjoyed 147; Monticello 149; Notes 157; Selected Bibliography 179; Index 187
- Notes:
- Originally published in 1907 as Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-3709-3
- OCLC:
- 735603372
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