I ran across Tabithas story a few years ago as she was a friend on a social site. She let me copy the story "fair use" around so was sharing it here. I was so happy to hear someone else with a (very close ) to what I had been taught story. I contacted her mom. She confirmed the story being passed down as it was to me. There is another story but not the same called "elders of the three fires" that shows Tsalagi (Cherokee) having a similar story. I have read MANY accounts of the early whites being astonished of how we had all of these bible stories. The big question has always been were some "American Indian" (yeah its OK to say that now) and Canada's first nations people from Israel? Well I am not going there but. Our little Cherokee story we believe because of its source. Sad truth is you cant hardly find it "spread about anywhere but some disconnected families here and there".