Tsenacomacah's people lived in the watershed of the Peleewa-theepi, the "Turkey River". One day in the far distant future, that river would bear a new name, Clinch River, but Tsenacomacah knew nothing of that. His people called it Peleewa-theepi. Turkey River. So, while they called themselves "The True People", or simply "The People", other tribes referred to them as the Turkey River People.
Peleewa-theepi was not to be confused with Shi-peleewa-theepi, "Big Turkey River", as the latter was a much larger river, several miles to the north, and separated the country of Kan-tuc-kee from the country inhabited by the Great Lakes tribes and yet another group of the Artificial Hill People between Kan-tuc-kee and the Great Lakes. Shi-peleewa-theepi flowed west, and eventually emptied into the Grandfather River (one day to be renamed "Mississippi River") that bisected the continent north to south. One day in the future, Shi-peleewa-theepi would be renamed "Ohio River", a word that a tribe of the Beard People called the Long Knife People bastardized from the language of yet another people foreign to that region, and the old aboriginal name would be heard no more.
Turkey River,Where Tsenacomacah's people lived, in contrast, flowed to the southwest, eventually merging into Tanasi River which in turn flowed westerly, eventually merging into Big Turkey River just before that mighty waterway in turn emptied into Grandfather River. To the east of the Turkey River People, beyond the ridge of the Long Mountain, flowed the Salt River, to be known in later times as Holston River. That area had been the home of the Salt People, before their abrupt departure in the wake of the attack by the Beard People.
Eastward from Salt River, there flowed yet another river that, curiously, flowed from the south to the north, in direct contravention of the direction of all the other rivers in the area. It flowed thusly because of it's great age, millions upon millions of years old. It had formed while the continents were still colliding to form the mountains that ringed these lands, and was, most likely, around 300 millions of years old. That river was called Kanawha-theepi, "Swallowing River", because of the whirlpools that occasionally formed in it to suck the unsuspecting beneath the surface. The People believed that a Great Horned Serpent lived in that river, and that the whirlpools were that gargantuan beast opening it's mouth for a meal. In later times, the southern half would be named "New River", a paradox given the ancient origins of that river, and the northern half would retain the same name of Kanawha River where it flowed into the Big Turkey River.
Eastward of the Kanawha-Theepi watershed, all of the rivers flowed to the east, into a great bay and onward into the Big Water ocean, known to The People as the Shi-nepi. There was a line that each of those eastward flowing rivers crossed, an escarpment, and ancient fault line, where each of them had a falls. The Falls Line was yet another natural boundary separating the people to the west of it from the cultures to the east.
This miniature geography lesson is provided as a public service, a back drop to the tales of the tribes and conflicts yet to come. The rivers were roadways, the life of The People.
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Peleewa-theepi was not to be confused with Shi-peleewa-theepi, "Big Turkey River", as the latter was a much larger river, several miles to the north, and separated the country of Kan-tuc-kee from the country inhabited by the Great Lakes tribes and yet another group of the Artificial Hill People between Kan-tuc-kee and the Great Lakes. Shi-peleewa-theepi flowed west, and eventually emptied into the Grandfather River (one day to be renamed "Mississippi River") that bisected the continent north to south. One day in the future, Shi-peleewa-theepi would be renamed "Ohio River", a word that a tribe of the Beard People called the Long Knife People bastardized from the language of yet another people foreign to that region, and the old aboriginal name would be heard no more.
Turkey River,Where Tsenacomacah's people lived, in contrast, flowed to the southwest, eventually merging into Tanasi River which in turn flowed westerly, eventually merging into Big Turkey River just before that mighty waterway in turn emptied into Grandfather River. To the east of the Turkey River People, beyond the ridge of the Long Mountain, flowed the Salt River, to be known in later times as Holston River. That area had been the home of the Salt People, before their abrupt departure in the wake of the attack by the Beard People.
Eastward from Salt River, there flowed yet another river that, curiously, flowed from the south to the north, in direct contravention of the direction of all the other rivers in the area. It flowed thusly because of it's great age, millions upon millions of years old. It had formed while the continents were still colliding to form the mountains that ringed these lands, and was, most likely, around 300 millions of years old. That river was called Kanawha-theepi, "Swallowing River", because of the whirlpools that occasionally formed in it to suck the unsuspecting beneath the surface. The People believed that a Great Horned Serpent lived in that river, and that the whirlpools were that gargantuan beast opening it's mouth for a meal. In later times, the southern half would be named "New River", a paradox given the ancient origins of that river, and the northern half would retain the same name of Kanawha River where it flowed into the Big Turkey River.
Eastward of the Kanawha-Theepi watershed, all of the rivers flowed to the east, into a great bay and onward into the Big Water ocean, known to The People as the Shi-nepi. There was a line that each of those eastward flowing rivers crossed, an escarpment, and ancient fault line, where each of them had a falls. The Falls Line was yet another natural boundary separating the people to the west of it from the cultures to the east.
This miniature geography lesson is provided as a public service, a back drop to the tales of the tribes and conflicts yet to come. The rivers were roadways, the life of The People.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’