﻿art. 
  10 
  INDIAN' 
  MEDICAL 
  EXHIBIT 
  — 
  WHITEBREAD 
  13 
  

  

  men 
  or 
  animals 
  were 
  commonly 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  ;is 
  an 
  accompani- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  other 
  remedial 
  agencies. 
  

  

  Indian 
  invocation.^For 
  the 
  cure 
  of 
  rheumatism. 
  The 
  common 
  belief 
  of 
  

   ilic 
  Cherokee 
  Indians 
  regarding 
  rheumatism 
  is 
  thai 
  it 
  is 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  

   revengeful 
  spirits 
  of 
  slain 
  animals, 
  especially 
  deer. 
  The 
  disease 
  can 
  only 
  

   be 
  driven 
  out 
  by 
  some 
  more 
  powerful 
  animal 
  spirit. 
  The 
  doctor 
  invokes 
  the 
  

   aid 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  dog 
  of 
  the 
  east, 
  the 
  blue 
  dog 
  of 
  the 
  north, 
  the 
  black 
  dog 
  of 
  the 
  

   west, 
  the 
  white 
  dog 
  of 
  the 
  south, 
  and 
  finally 
  the 
  white 
  terrapin 
  of 
  the 
  nioiin 
  

   tain, 
  in 
  separate 
  prayers. 
  While 
  reciting 
  the 
  prayers 
  the 
  doctor 
  rubs 
  the 
  

   afflicted 
  part 
  with 
  a 
  warm 
  solution 
  of 
  fern 
  roots 
  and 
  al 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  each 
  he 
  

   blows 
  once 
  upon 
  the 
  part. 
  

  

  The 
  invocation 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  "Listen! 
  Ha! 
  In 
  the 
  Sun 
  Land 
  you 
  repose. 
  O 
  Red 
  Dog. 
  <> 
  now 
  you 
  have 
  

   swiftly 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken. 
  <» 
  great 
  adawehi, 
  yon 
  never 
  fail 
  in 
  anything. 
  

   ( 
  >. 
  appear 
  and 
  draw 
  near 
  running, 
  for 
  your 
  prey 
  never 
  escapes. 
  You 
  are 
  now 
  

   come 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  intruder. 
  Ha 
  ! 
  You 
  have 
  settled 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  part 
  of 
  

   if 
  far 
  off 
  there 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  " 
  Listen! 
  Ha! 
  In 
  the 
  Frigid 
  Land 
  you 
  repose. 
  <> 
  Blue 
  Dog. 
  <> 
  now 
  you 
  

   have 
  swiftly 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken. 
  great 
  adawehi. 
  you 
  never 
  fail 
  in 
  

   anything. 
  <>. 
  appear 
  and 
  draw 
  near 
  running, 
  for 
  your 
  prey 
  never 
  escapes. 
  

   You 
  are 
  now 
  come 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  intruder. 
  Ha 
  ! 
  You 
  have 
  settled 
  a 
  very 
  

   small 
  part 
  of 
  it 
  far 
  off 
  there 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  "Listen! 
  Ha! 
  In 
  the 
  Darkening 
  Land 
  you 
  repose. 
  () 
  Black 
  Dog. 
  <> 
  now 
  

   you 
  have 
  swiftly 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken. 
  <> 
  great 
  adawehi, 
  you 
  never 
  fail 
  

   in 
  anything. 
  O, 
  appear 
  and 
  draw 
  near 
  running, 
  for 
  your 
  prey 
  never 
  escapes. 
  

   You 
  are 
  now 
  come 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  intruder. 
  Ha 
  ! 
  You 
  have 
  settled 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  

   part 
  of 
  it 
  far 
  off 
  there 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  "Listen! 
  < 
  hi 
  YVahala 
  you 
  repose. 
  () 
  White 
  Dog. 
  <>h. 
  now 
  you 
  have 
  swiftly 
  

   drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken. 
  O 
  great 
  adawehi. 
  you 
  never 
  fail 
  in 
  anything. 
  O, 
  

   appear 
  and 
  draw 
  near 
  running, 
  for 
  your 
  prey 
  never 
  escapes. 
  You 
  are 
  now 
  

   come 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  intruder. 
  Ha! 
  You 
  have 
  settled 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  part 
  of 
  it 
  

   far 
  off 
  there 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  "Listen! 
  On 
  Wahala 
  you 
  repose, 
  <> 
  White 
  Terrapin. 
  < 
  >. 
  now 
  you 
  have 
  

   swiftly 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken, 
  O 
  great 
  adawehi. 
  you 
  never 
  fail 
  in 
  anything. 
  

   I 
  la! 
  It 
  is 
  for 
  you 
  to 
  loosen 
  its 
  hold 
  on 
  the 
  hone. 
  Relief 
  is 
  accomplished." 
  

  

  Mooney's 
  Sacred 
  Formulas 
  of 
  the 
  Cherokees. 
  

  

  Cat. 
  No. 
  143087, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Incantations. 
  — 
  Magical 
  words 
  or 
  phrases 
  recited 
  or 
  sung. 
  The 
  use 
  

   of 
  incantations 
  arose 
  from 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  maladies 
  had 
  a 
  super- 
  

   human 
  origin. 
  The 
  ceremonial 
  use 
  of 
  words, 
  verses, 
  songs, 
  etc.. 
  as 
  

   incantations 
  were 
  commonly 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  to 
  prevent 
  and 
  

   cure 
  disease. 
  

  

  Schoolcraft 
  gives 
  tin 
  following 
  as 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  chants 
  used 
  

   by 
  a 
  Dakotah 
  medicine 
  man: 
  

  

  Flying 
  godlike, 
  I 
  encircle 
  the 
  heavens. 
  

  

  I 
  enlighten 
  the 
  earth 
  to 
  its 
  center. 
  

  

  The 
  little 
  ox 
  (the 
  struggling 
  patient) 
  lies 
  struggling 
  on 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  I 
  lay 
  my 
  arrow 
  on 
  the 
  string. 
  

  

  