Does Cherokee history hint at the nature of man?

By Dr. Thomas Cloer, Jr.
Special to The Courier

I love the “Blue Ridge” or “Blue Wall” named by the Cherokee for our escarpment here in Pickens County, where the mountains give way to flatter lands. These escarpments cause the Twin Falls on Reedy Cove Creek to tumble and then join the Eastatoe River.

I am enthralled as I go to such places and feel the sense of history that has taken place in our Upstate South Carolina. For the last two weeks, I have focused on the Cherokee of Keowee. Eastatoe was one of the most important lower towns of the Cherokees. Because the Eastatoe Valley has been kept from total development, I feel that sense of history more there than

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