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7ne 



7tb 



i:gj 



day 



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arghuyv 

 he paid it 



FREE TRANSLATION 

 (first notation) 



It has become necessary to pay. The judge, Wa:huhu, is to be 

 paid by the clerk. De:nili is also to be paid. Wa:huhu's recompense 

 was $18.05. I paid it. I just paid Da:dhlvda in full. 



On October 7, 1859 I just wrote this. 

 I, Inodi 



(second notation) 



I just lent Ts{i)sgili U:sdi:ga $1.00, October 7th. 

 interest, $0.10. 



He paid the 



COMMENTARY 



De:nili and Da:dhlvda appear to have been township officials, 

 but their titles are not given. 



Cherokee, orally one of the most precise of languages, when im- 

 pregnated with that rectitude that peculiarly derives from conscien- 

 tious petty officialdom, tends to become remarkably diffuse when 

 written. It would appear, however, that the borrower mentioned 

 in the second notation paid his interest in advance. 



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