Yahula and His Horses

A long time ago, there was a Cherokee man named Yahula, who was a horse trader in the
East. The people knew when he was coming because of his singing and the tinkle of
bells he had braided in his ponies’ manes. One day Yahula became lost during
the early spring hunt when a snowstorm covered the mountains. Cherokee searchers
were unable to find him and gave him up for lost. Two seasons later, Yahula appeared

at his friend’s door and told how the Immortals had found and taken him in.
Since he had eaten the Immortal’s food, he could not rejoin the Cherokee but
would come and visit periodically. Eventually, the visits ended.

There were rumors of the removal and the Cherokee said, perhaps when we get to Indian Territory,
we will see Yahula again, but they never did. Some old people say they hear someone singing
and the tinkle of bells on soft summer nights in Northeastern Oklahoma.

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