Abstract:
This is a reprint of a paper presented at the fiftieth annual session of the State Literary and Historical Association in Raleigh, December, 1950. This paper examines the origins of Kermit Hunter's outdoor historical dramatization of Cherokee contact with European settlers entitled \"Unto These Hills,\" which opened in 1950, as well as the history of colonial and state relations with the Cherokee people that serves as the setting for the play.