Babban Junaluska na Cherokee: Labari daga Gidan Kofin NOAC

Wannan shine ɗayan labarun da aka raba a gidan kofi na NOAC, wanda Willard “Duly” Dulabum ya gabatar:

An haifi Cif Junaluska a shekara ta 1775 a Arewacin Carolina, kusa da Dillard, Ga ta yanzu. Kwanaki kadan bayan haihuwarsa, an ba shi sunansa na asali lokacin da katakon shimfiɗar jaririn da ke riƙe da shi ya fadi. An kira shi "Gu-Ka-Las-Ki" ko" Gulkalaski" a cikin yaren Cherokee, ma'ana "wanda ya fado daga matsayi" (1). Wasu ƙarin bitar sunansa sun biyo baya har zuwa girma. Ya auri Ni-suh, kuma ya haifi ’ya’ya uku, maza Jim-my da Sic-que-yuh, da ‘yar Na-lih. Ya zama shugaban kungiyar Gabas ta Indiyawan Cherokee da ke zaune a ciki da wajen yammacin North Carolina. Zai ci gaba da yin yaƙi tare da Andrew Jackson kuma ya ceci rayuwarsa a Yaƙin Horseshoe Bend, wanda ake kira "jarumin da ba a bayyana ba na mafi girman yaƙin Indiya a tarihi" (2).

A wani lokaci, Cif Junaluska ya ba da rahoton cewa ya aika da sako zuwa Tecumseh cewa Cherokee ba zai shiga cikin ƙungiyar Indiya don yaƙi da turawa ba. Don haka lokacin da Indiyawan Creek a Alabama suka yi yaƙi da Birtaniya a Yaƙin 1812, Cherokee ya tayar da sojoji don yaƙar su. Cif Junaluska da kansa ya dauki sama da mutane 100 don yakin dawakin doki, ya kuma ba da umarni 500 (2). Bugu da ari, ya ɗauki dabarun jagoranci don taimakawa wajen tabbatar da tabbataccen nasara kuma sanannen nasara kusa da ƙarshen yaƙin. A can ne ya tunkari wani fursunonin yaki da ke labe a Jackson da wuka.

Lokacin da yakin Horseshoe Bend ya ƙare, an ruwaito Andrew Jackson ya gaya wa Cif Junaluska: "Idan har rana ta haskaka kuma ciyawa ta girma, za a yi abota a tsakaninmu, kuma ƙafafun Cherokee za su kasance a gabas." (1, 2). Amma a cikin ƴan shekaru, Jackson ya kasance a Fadar White House kuma yana shirin cire duk Cherokee zuwa sababbin gidaje a Yamma, a cikin abin da za a kira Babban Cire. A wannan lokacin, an ce Cif Junaluska yana da tunani na biyu game da ceton rayuwar Jackson.

A lokacin mummunar "Trail of Tears" a cikin 1838, Cif Junaluska da wasu na Cherokee Nation sun kasance a kurkuku na wani lokaci, sa'an nan kuma sun kasance a cikin fiye da 5,000 da aka jagoranci sama da mil 800 a cikin 1,000 ko fiye zuwa ƙasa a Oklahoma, wanda ya kasance. dauke da yawa kasa kyawawa. Cif Junaluska ya balle sau daya, inda ya jagoranci gungun mutane 50, amma aka kama shi. Duk da haka, bayan ɗan lokaci a yankin Oklahoma yanzu, ya koma dutsen da aka haife shi a shekara ta 1842, yana tafiya a hanya! A shekara ta 1847 majalisar dokokin jihar North Carolina ta ba shi hakkin zama dan kasa kuma ta ba shi fili a yankin da ake kira Robinsville a yanzu. Ya rasu a can a shekara ta 1858 kuma an binne shi tare da matarsa ​​ta biyu (1) a kan wani tudu da ke saman garin da ‘ya’yan Juyin Juya Halin Amurka suka kafa wani abin tarihi na tunawa da shi.

Alamar tagulla da aka toshe zuwa babban ɗigon dutse na asali ya maye gurbin na farko, tarin duwatsun Cherokee na gargajiya. An karanta, a wani ɓangare: “Ga jikin Cherokee Chief, Junaluska, da Nic-ie, matarsa. Tare da mayakansa ya ceci rayuwar Janar Jackson a yakin Horseshoe Bend, kuma saboda jaruntakarsa da amincinsa North Carolina ya sanya shi dan kasa kuma ya ba shi fili a gundumar Graham."

Lake Junaluska, Junaluska Creek, Junaluska Gap, Junaluska Ridge, Junaluska Salamander, da Dutsen Junaluska (yanzu ana kiransa North Eaglenest Mountain). Kuma ’yan’uwa da ke halartar taron tsofaffin tsofaffi na ƙasa suna taruwa a kusa da mutum-mutuminsa kafin da bayan kowane zama a Majalisar Lake Junaluska, inda yake bayyana akai-akai a cikin hotunan rukuni kuma yana iya samun sabuwar gaba a cikin “selfie.”

Sources: (1) Wikipedia, da (2) Gidan yanar gizon Jojiya na Gabashin Cherokee.

- Willard “Duly” Dulabaum minista ne da aka naɗa a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa, kuma memba a Cocin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill.