Cherokees Spoke Greek and...

... Came 
from East Mediterranean

A cave entrance overlooking the Redbird River, a tributary of the South Fork of the Kentucky River in Clay County, Kentucky in the Daniel Boone National Forest, has inscriptions which according  to Kenneth B. Tankersley of the University of Cincinnati display a nineteenth-century example of writing in the Cherokee syllabary.

A local resident (Burchell) recognizes Greek writing in one inscription (called Christian Monogram #2) but his reading is unsatisfactory for a number of reasons.

Another record of Greek-speaking people in ancient America is the Possum Creek Stone, discovered by Gloria Farley in Oklahoma in the 1970s. It is discussed by her in Volume 2 of In Plain Sight as proof that the man history knows as Sequoyah did not invent the Cherokee syllabary.

The inscription can be read as Greek, HO-NI-KA-SA or ‘o nikasa, i.e. “This is the one who takes the prize of victory,” a common inscription for the pedestal upon which victors were crowned at athletic games. The use is Homeric, and the spelling Doric.

A piece of evidence helps fill in the background of the arrival of Greeks in North America. Dating earlier time than its Mississipian Period context, it commemorates a peace treaty between the Cherokee and Shawnee. The Cherokee chief wears a horse-hair crested helmet and carries the spear and shield of a Greek hoplite.

In the Red Record or Walam Olum, we learn that before crossing the Mississippi, somewhere along the south bank of the Missouri, the Algonquians or Lenni Lenape (Delaware Indians), who are later allied with the Cherokee, encounter a foreign tribe they call the Stonys. Cherokee legends about Stone-coat demonstrate that the original Cherokee had metal armor and weapons.

To sum up, the Red Bird Petroglyph is a Greek inscription from the 2nd to 3rd century c.e., as announced recently by the Archeological Institute of America and the New York Times

The Cherokee language, which today is Iroquoian, is the result of a relexification process in the distant past. It contains many relics of words of Greek origin, especially in the area of government, military terminology, mythology, athletics and ritual. Cherokee music also reflects Greek origins. The Cherokee Indians are, quite literally, the Greeks of Native America.

Keynote address for Ancient American History and Archeology Conference, Sandy, Utah, April 2, 2010Possum Creek Stone and Anomalous Cherokee DNA Point to East Mediterranean Origins (PPT)

Greek Words and Customs in Cherokee

Greek	Meaning	Cherokee	Meaning
alomenoi dakos dasis tynchana etheloikeoi gennadas huios Dios illo, illas* kakotechneo kanon karanos kateis* kerux mona* neika* Ogyges ouktenna oulountata skia stix tanawa* (hoi en) telei theatas* theatron Thrax typho	wanderers (in a hopeless sense) noxious, devouring beast, whale hairy, shaggy like a beast things that befall volunteer settlers noble Son of Zeus (title of Herakles) wrap, twist; rope base arts, perjury, fraud straight-edge used by athletes a chief assembly herald stopping place, way-station contest titan of Greek mythology one not killed declared healthy ghost, shade abominable astronomical instrument those in authority spectator in a play theater, assembly  Thracian raise a smoke, make sacrifice	eloh’; elohi dakwa dachi tikano eshelokee kanat(i) Su-too Jee kilohi kaktunta kanuga Koranu** cahtiyis skarirosken** mona anetcha Ootschaye Uktena oolungtsata atchina Stichi Tchlanua tilihi tetchata tetchanun tchaskiri** Tathtowe,	migrants, wanderers; earth mythic great fish hairy water monster history Cherokee; original people doctor, hunter mythic strong man twisted hair clan (cf. Hawaiian hilo) taboo regulation scraper used by ballplayers war chief title assembly house speaker, herald land where the Elohi tarried ballplay rival of Sutoo Jee (Herakles) name of a dragon or serpent divining crystal for health ghost; cedar name of dangerous serpent Great Hawk brave, warrior Playful Cherokee fairy ceremonial enclosure sorcerer, Stoneclad ceremonial title; firecracker  (smoke) bringer (Santa Claus)

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