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  THE 
  KANAHETA 
  ANI-TSALAGA 
  ETI. 
  317 
  

  

  tiuu 
  was 
  detailed 
  and 
  accurate. 
  There 
  was 
  one 
  for 
  bleeding 
  with 
  

   the 
  cupping 
  horn. 
  All 
  these 
  formulas 
  obtained 
  from 
  Tsiskwa, 
  

   A'wanita, 
  and 
  Takwtihi 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau. 
  

  

  THE 
  KANAHETA 
  ANI-TSALAGI 
  ETI. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  papers 
  thus 
  obtained 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  which 
  for 
  

   various 
  reasons 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  difficult 
  to 
  handle 
  or 
  file 
  for 
  preserva- 
  

   tion. 
  Many 
  of 
  them 
  had 
  been 
  written 
  so 
  long 
  ago 
  that 
  the 
  ink 
  had 
  

   almost 
  faded 
  from 
  the 
  paper 
  ; 
  others 
  were 
  written 
  with 
  lead 
  pencil, 
  

   so 
  that 
  in 
  handling 
  them 
  the 
  characters 
  soon 
  became 
  blurred 
  and 
  

   almost 
  illegible 
  ; 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  were 
  written 
  on 
  scraps 
  of 
  paper 
  of 
  

   all 
  shapes 
  and 
  sizes 
  ; 
  and 
  others 
  again 
  were 
  full 
  of 
  omissions 
  and 
  doub- 
  

   lets, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  carelessness 
  of 
  the 
  writer, 
  while 
  many 
  consisted 
  

   simply 
  of 
  the 
  prayer, 
  with 
  nothing 
  in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  a 
  heading 
  or 
  

   prescription 
  to 
  show 
  its 
  purpose. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  circumstances 
  it 
  was 
  deemed 
  expedient 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  these 
  formulas 
  copied 
  in 
  more 
  enduring 
  form. 
  For 
  this 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  it 
  was 
  decided 
  to 
  engage 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  Ayasta's 
  youngest 
  son, 
  

   an 
  intelligent 
  young 
  man 
  about 
  nineteen 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  who 
  had 
  at- 
  

   tended 
  school 
  long 
  enough 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  fair 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  Eng- 
  

   lish 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  his 
  intimate 
  knowledge 
  of 
  Cherokee. 
  He 
  was 
  

   also 
  gifted 
  with 
  a 
  ready 
  comprehension, 
  and 
  from 
  his 
  mother 
  and 
  

   uncle 
  Tsiskwa 
  had 
  acquired 
  some 
  familiarity 
  with 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   archaic 
  expressions 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  sacred 
  formulas. 
  He 
  was 
  commonly 
  

   known 
  as 
  " 
  Will 
  West," 
  but 
  signed 
  himself 
  W. 
  W. 
  Long, 
  Long 
  

   being 
  the 
  translation 
  of 
  his 
  father's 
  name, 
  Gunahi'ta. 
  After 
  being 
  

   instructed 
  as 
  to 
  how 
  the 
  work 
  should 
  be 
  done 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  par- 
  

   agraphing, 
  heading, 
  etc.. 
  he 
  was 
  furnished 
  a 
  blank 
  book 
  of 
  two 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  pages 
  into 
  which 
  to 
  copy 
  such 
  formulas 
  as 
  it 
  seemed 
  desirable 
  to 
  

   duplicate. 
  He 
  readily 
  grasped 
  the 
  idea 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  about 
  a 
  

   month, 
  working 
  always 
  under 
  the 
  writer's 
  personal 
  supervision, 
  suc- 
  

   ceeded 
  in 
  completely 
  filling 
  the 
  book 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  plan 
  outlined. 
  

   In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  duplicate 
  formulas 
  he 
  wrote 
  down 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   dance 
  and 
  drinking 
  songs, 
  obtained 
  originally 
  from 
  A'yu 
  n 
  'inl, 
  with 
  

   about 
  thirty 
  miscellaneous 
  formulas 
  obtained 
  from 
  various 
  sources. 
  

   The 
  book 
  thus 
  prepared 
  is 
  modeled 
  on 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  an 
  ordinary 
  book, 
  

   with 
  headings, 
  table 
  of 
  contents, 
  and 
  even 
  with 
  an 
  illuminated 
  title 
  

   page 
  devised 
  by 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  interpreter 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  regular 
  

   Cherokee 
  idiomatic 
  form, 
  and 
  is 
  altogether 
  a 
  unique 
  specimen 
  of 
  

   Indian 
  literary 
  art. 
  It 
  contains 
  in 
  all 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty-eight 
  

   formulas 
  and 
  songs, 
  which 
  of 
  course 
  are 
  native 
  aboriginal 
  produc- 
  

   tions, 
  although 
  the 
  mechanical 
  arrangement 
  was 
  performed 
  under 
  

   the 
  direction 
  of 
  a 
  white 
  man. 
  This 
  book 
  also, 
  under 
  its 
  Cherokee 
  

   title. 
  Kan&he'ta 
  Ani-Tmlagl 
  E'fl 
  or 
  "Ancient 
  Cherokee 
  Formulas," 
  

   is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  still 
  a 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  of 
  such 
  manuscript 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  