unlimited mind,
Found another Cherokee legend that is interesting.
http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Le...-Cherokee.html
especially this paragraph:
"The Uktena are enormous creatures that live in the rivers and lakes of the great Ouascioto valleys and mountains (the Ohio Valley and Appalachians). The Uktena come and go from this world to the underworld. They enter the underworld through caves that are found under the waters of rivers and lakes and also through certain entrances into the earth where there are springs."
Here is another interesting Cherokee legend
http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Le...-Cherokee.html
Wow they are full of interesting stories here is another.
http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Le...-Cherokee.html
Gotten go for now but will keep looking for any history of that area of the US