Season 1 · Episode 31
AC 00030 - The Moon-Eyed People and So-Called Welsh Indians
May 23, 202131m 13s
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Show Notes
Stories persist that the Cherokee had a legend of the Moon-Eyed People, whose huge eyes rendered them incapable of seeing in daylight. But did the Cherokee actually have this legend? Who perpetrated the myth these Moon-Eyed People were actually Welsh, and why?
Join Charlie and Michael for this fascinating deep-dive into history mingled with fabrication!
Links:
Fort Mountain State Park (Georgia)
James Mooney's Myths of the Cherokee (1902)
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