They named the area along the mountain "Hiawassee" and valley "Nantahala". In the nineteenth century, Cherokee pointed out the location where they claim the ruins of Spearfinger's "Tree Rock" remain even today.
Higher Beings saw her effort as arrogant "like man's Bible story of Babel", so they struck it with lightning. This structure irritated the Higher Beings because it came too close to their Upper World. Once, Spearfinger undertook a "great rock bridge through the air from Nûñyû'-tlu`gûñ'yï, the 'Tree rock', on Hiwassee, over to Sanigilâ'gï," which is Whiteside Mountain located on the Blue Ridge. Also, she can pick up boulders effortlessly, stack them, break them, and morph them together. Since she is made from stone, arrows cannot pierce her skin. Usually, Spearfinger comes in the form of "a harmless old lady". Once she makes herself a part of her victim's world, she lacks the ability to change her form while still in anyone else's sight. The Cherokee say her favorite home was Whiteside, a thunder mountain.ĭancing in clouds, she sang her favorite song with her raven friend:īesides a spear for a finger, she shapeshifts into family members of her child victims. She also walked throughout the mountain range, around streams, and through shadowy Nantahala passes. Haunting Tennessee, Spearfinger liked to walk on the trail that joined Chilhowee Mountain and the nearby river. Her voice echoed down the mountains to the Cherokee villages and scared the birds of the forest away, which the people saw as a warning sign. Spearfinger, being made of stone, sounded like thunder when she walked and crushed rocks into the ground when she stepped on them. Often she clutched her right hand tightly, because her hidden heart and only weak spot was in her right palm. Her mouth was stained with blood from the livers she ate.
The sharp finger resembled a spear or obsidian knife, which she used to cut her victims. Her sharp finger is said to be her forefinger on her right hand. Sometimes, she was called Nûñ'yunu'ï, which means "Stone-dress". "U'tlun'ta" translates from Cherokee to "the one with pointed spear”, which refers to the sharp finger on her right hand. Spearfinger, or U'tlun'ta, is a figure in Cherokee legend that lived along the eastern side of Tennessee and western part of North Carolina.
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