On some of the early drafts of my novel, “The First Raven Mocker”, witch is book 1 of the “Cherokee Chronicles” series, I was criticized for references to the ancient Cherokee using buffalo blankets. Although, I am sure the Cherokee could have traded for buffalo hides, the Woodland buffalo did thrive east of the Mississippi in pre-Columbian times. In 1540, De Soto sent two soldiers to scout for gold in Cherokee territory. They brought back a dressed buffalo skin, the first ever obtained by a white man.
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