Reading Notes: The Eagle's Revenge

Eagle: Source

Cherokee Tale Reading Notes: 

• A man had killed a deer
• Man returned to deer and saw an eagle feasting on it
• He killed the eagle and brought it back to have an Eagle Dance
• They were dancing and saw a strange warrior approach
• He told a story then yelled "Hi" and a rattler fell dead
• He did this again and again until all 7 rattlers were dead
• The eagle was his brother and that's why he killed the men

Notes: - 7 is a very important number in Cherokee culture

  - research if it has something to do with the tribes

  - think it is a lesson regarding nature and life as Cherokees have great respect for eagles

 Source: Myths and Legends of the Great Plains - The Eagle's Revenge by Katharine Berry Judson (1913).