Question

Which recurring figure in The Way to Rainy Mountain was a 19th century anthropologist who provides much of the information presented in the historical sections?

Answer 1

The recurring figure that appears in several parts of this writing, actualy in the second parts of several sections, is a person called "Mooney" which in itself is the anthropologist known as James Mooney  who lived for several years with the cherokee tribe. It is interest to note that he became a self-taught expert on American tribes by his own studies