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EASTERN CHEROKEE FOLKTALES — KILPATRICK 433 



examining for deer, he would first examine for the presence of the 

 enemy. He held his hands like this [fig. 13]. 



As he was examining for the presence of the enemy, the black bead 

 moved toward the red one.®* This was a sign that the enemy would 

 come into the Cherokee camp. Then he examined to find out if any 

 of the Cherokees would be lolled, and if so, the names of the individuals. 



As the Cherokees were talking about this, sitting by the fire, they 

 suddenly saw the Ani:gh{i)sgi. The old man, the one who had 



Figure 13. — Manner of holding beads for divining, as sketched by Olbrechts. 



•* Several methods of divining with adeih ('beads') are still employed by the Cherokee, and a sizable 

 number of the prefatory idi:gawi:sdi ('to say them, one') used in bead divining exists (Kilpatrick and 

 Kilpatrick, in press). Being of shell, these beads were originally white and purple, not red and black. 



