Elinia's Hated War

 Owa ,Owa! What's that? A battle cry!!! I buried myself down in my blankets. I knew this was coming all along so why am crying and burying myself? I thought to myself because it means war and I hate war. Why,oh,why did Pa have to make war again! I hate having war because my brother Asija (meaning brother and a great sage) will be gone (he is a very brave warrior) and I hate worrying about him dying. For the days we are at war I think I will just stay in my chickee. Here comes Chhya (my 3 year old sister whose name means shadow) I don't want to let her know I'm worried because then she will come over with her big brown eyes and say "You okay Elinia? "and I get embarrassed by that. Here comes my pa (the chief) ,I will now complain to him about this war. "Pa why dod we have to go to war with the Creek tribe ?" I said "We dod because we think they stole 21 pounds of deer meat " Pa said. "You think?" I said "Well yes" Pa foolishly said. "Please stop this war for me only because they might have not stolen the meat and because it's my birthday tomorrow" I said "I'll see what I can do" Pa said "Please?" I said. 

Elinia's Diary

Dear Journal,


Last night I had such a fun time picking wildflowers with Chanu. We picked all kinds of wild flowers such as corn flowers and orange cosmos. I can't wait until tomorrow! We are having our Green Corn Ceremony! We will have corn! I love corn but my favorite thing to eat is fry bread. My Mother says it is a staple and I agree with her. I don't like grape dumplings though but i am forced to eat them. Oops, there's Mother calling more tomorrow if I have time (because of the festival).


                           Love ,
                                        Elinia 

Elinia's Diary

  Dear Journal,

My name is Elina, which means intelligent in the Cherokee language. I am a girl living with my Cherokee tribe. My dad, Bhanu (which means sun in our language) is the chief. I have a little sister whose name is Chhaya (meaning shadow), she is 3. My older brother is a very brave warrior , his name is Asija (meaning brother and a great sage ) he is 16. My mother is named Bhumi (meaning earth). I wish to be a Beloved Woman some day because they are very respected in our community. Wait there is mother calling me to help cook supper. I'll be right back. Okay I'm back. We had cornpones and stew for supper. Later my friend Charu (meaning beautiful and attractive) and I are going to pick wild flowers as the sun goes down. 

Love ,
            Elina