Church of The Lost Tribes: an American Religion

Like many other minority religions in the 1600s, the Jews left Europe, and discrimination, behind to form a colony in the new world. Since it was a well known theory that the Cherokees were the lost tribes of Israel, the colony was formed near Cherokee land. Over time Judaism merged with the Cherokee religion to form the Church of The Lost Tribes. Does a great hero of Cherokee legend get interpreted as the Messiah? How does the colony fair compared to others?
 
Like many other minority religions in the 1600s, the Jews left Europe, and discrimination, behind to form a colony in the new world. Since it was a well known theory that the Cherokees were the lost tribes of Israel, the colony was formed near Cherokee land. Over time Judaism merged with the Cherokee religion to form the Church of The Lost Tribes. Does a great hero of Cherokee legend get interpreted as the Messiah? How does the colony fair compared to others?

Assuming the Jews bring European technology with them, maybe the Cherokee have an upper hand over other tribes/European settlers?
 
Ridiculously Wildly Optimistic Scenario that Maybe Not Even Skippy The ASB Can Accomplish, But Might Theoretically Be Possible:

They're on a level somewhat ahead of OTL. They get assimilated by the alt-US peacefully. The "Trail of Tears" is a melancholy country song about a man who lost his wife.

Best case scenario (Modify to acknowledge butterflies, not the point): The Cherokee are accepted as "civilized" in the same sense as the traditional Jews. Since the US tolerated Jews for a given definition of, they don't get sent to Oklahoma.

Most likely scenario: OTL vs. TTL is altered by chaos theory more than anything else. And oy vey enters the vocabulary of yet another language.
 
Could the Cherokee, after obtaining European technology from the Jews, conquer and assimilate surrounding tribes to form the empire of New Judea?
 
Because of phonetic similarities between a few Cherokee and Welsh words some claim that in the mid-12th C. one Madog ab Owain Gwynedd founded a Welsh colony in what is historical Cherokee territory.
[did the 12th C. ancestors of the Cherokees already live in 'Cherokee territory'? Who cares, anyway?]

So, sorry, the Cherokees are Catholic :D
And, as everybody knows, their women wear bizarre hats ans red capes.

jemima.gif
 
Top