It's Cherokee

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Across
  1. 3. thanks (western dialect)
  2. 4. Hello (western dialect)
  3. 8. bird
  4. 9. thanks (eastern dialect)
  5. 11. rabbit
  6. 12. Last capital before the Trail of Tears
  7. 15. bread
  8. 16. name of town and boundary in North Carolina
  9. 17. the mother town
Down
  1. 1. First capital
  2. 2. Principal Chief from 1828 to 1866
  3. 5. corn
  4. 6. Capital of the Cherokee Nation
  5. 7. pig
  6. 10. Creator of the Cherokee syllabary
  7. 13. bear
  8. 14. Site of the discovery of gold in 1828
  9. 18. bean