soft rain vocab

Match the following

• the Cherokee word for their tribe name and language

• selu

• “corn” in the Cherokee language

• treaty

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

• taunted

• “Hello” in the Cherokee language

• Tsalagi

• a formal agreement between two or more countries

• siyu

Match the following

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

• peering

• yellow acorn bread

• cultivating

• a soft leather slipper or shoe, originating among American

  Indians

• shule

• to look closely and searchingly at

• command

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

• 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

• stammering

• to make stops and repetitions in speaking; stutter

• protesting

• a game of Native American origin

• astonished

• greatly surprised or impressed; amazed

• Chungke

Match the following

• a small enclosed area for farm animals

• seized

• a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise

• translate

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

• stockade

• to change into the words of another language

• din

• take hold of suddenly and forcibly

• pen

Match the following

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

  and have done for a long time.

• lone

• being by oneself with no support; having no company

• useless

• shout something with a deep loud roar or voice

• putrid

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

  needed

• bellowed

• very unpleasant or rotten

• custom

Match the following

• a fixed portion or share of something

• disbelief

• dirty; stained

• soiled

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

  believe

• uktena

• satisfy one's thirst by drinking

• ration

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

  scales.

• quenching

Match the following

• weak and delicate

• Terrapin

• to warn or advise against

• frail

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

  at a distance

• brisker

• one of several small species of turtle living in freshwater

• cautioned

• active, fast, and energetic

• murmur

Match the following

• the white people/soldiers

• reluctantly

• a place or support for the feet

• foothold

• looking down

• downcast

• in an unwilling and hesitant way

• utter

• to express in usually spoken words

• Unakas

Match the following

• a piece of burning wood

• contentedly

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

  something.

• ferocious

• in a hurried, excited, or disorganized manner.

• frantically

• fierce, cruel, or violent

• firebrands

• with happiness or satisfaction

• urging

Match the following

• to hit or strike something repeatedly and with great force

• scarce

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

• jostled

• in short supply; difficult to find

• buffeted

• extended or stretched out

• outstretched

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

  typically because of moving more slowly.

• stragglers