soft rain vocab

Match the following

• the Cherokee word for their tribe name and language

• siyu

• “Hello” in the Cherokee language

• treaty

• a formal agreement between two or more countries

• taunted

• “corn” in the Cherokee language

• Tsalagi

• to make fun of, tease, or challenge using mean language

• selu

Match the following

• to look closely and searchingly at

• peering

• a soft leather slipper or shoe, originating among American

  Indians

• command

• prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.

• shule

• an order or to give an order or tell someone to do something

• cultivating

• yellow acorn bread

• moccasins

Match the following

• expressing disapproval of or objection to something; against

• embraced

• hold (someone or something) closely in one's arms, especially as a

  sign of affection

• protesting

• to make stops and repetitions in speaking; stutter

• stammering

• greatly surprised or impressed; amazed

• Chungke

• a game of Native American origin

• astonished

Match the following

• a small enclosed area for farm animals

• stockade

• to change into the words of another language

• translate

• a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise

• seized

• a line of tall posts that are stuck in the ground

• pen

• take hold of suddenly and forcibly

• din

Match the following

• shout something with a deep loud roar or voice

• bellowed

• having or being of no use; not working or not achieving what is

  needed

• lone

• being by oneself with no support; having no company

• custom

• a common way of doing things. It is something that many people do,

  and have done for a long time.

• putrid

• very unpleasant or rotten

• useless

Match the following

• dirty; stained

• quenching

• a fixed portion or share of something

• soiled

• A Native American mythical horned serpent/snake that has shining

  scales.

• disbelief

• satisfy one's thirst by drinking

• ration

• inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real. Hard to

  believe

• uktena

Match the following

• one of several small species of turtle living in freshwater

• Terrapin

• a soft sound made by a person or group of people speaking quietly or

  at a distance

• frail

• weak and delicate

• brisker

• to warn or advise against

• cautioned

• active, fast, and energetic

• murmur

Match the following

• looking down

• reluctantly

• to express in usually spoken words

• downcast

• the white people/soldiers

• foothold

• a place or support for the feet

• Unakas

• in an unwilling and hesitant way

• utter

Match the following

• fierce, cruel, or violent

• ferocious

• in a hurried, excited, or disorganized manner.

• contentedly

• a piece of burning wood

• urging

• try persistently to persuade or encourage (someone) to do

  something.

• frantically

• with happiness or satisfaction

• firebrands

Match the following

• extended or stretched out

• stragglers

• to hit or strike something repeatedly and with great force

• jostled

• push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly

• outstretched

• a person in a group who becomes separated from the others,

  typically because of moving more slowly.

• buffeted

• in short supply; difficult to find

• scarce