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  SACKED 
  FORMULAS 
  <»F 
  THE 
  CHEKOKEES. 
  

  

  down 
  from 
  the 
  treetops 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  remnant 
  to 
  the 
  uplands 
  and 
  

   there 
  scatter 
  it 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  shall 
  never 
  reappear. 
  The 
  hunter 
  prays 
  

   to 
  the 
  fire, 
  from 
  which 
  he 
  draws 
  his 
  omens; 
  to 
  the 
  reed, 
  from 
  which 
  

   he 
  makes 
  his 
  arrows: 
  to 
  TsuTkalu, 
  the 
  great 
  lord 
  of 
  the 
  game, 
  and 
  

   finally 
  addresses 
  in 
  songs 
  the 
  very 
  animals 
  which 
  he 
  intends 
  to 
  kill. 
  

   The 
  lover 
  prays 
  to 
  the 
  Spider 
  to 
  hold 
  fast 
  the 
  affections 
  of 
  his 
  

   beloved 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  meshes 
  of 
  his 
  web, 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  Moon, 
  which 
  looks 
  

   down 
  upon 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  dance. 
  The 
  warrior 
  prays 
  to 
  the 
  Red 
  War- 
  

   club, 
  and 
  the 
  man 
  about 
  to 
  set 
  out 
  on 
  a 
  dangerous 
  expedition 
  prays 
  

   to 
  the 
  Cloud 
  to 
  envelop 
  him 
  and 
  conceal 
  him 
  from 
  his 
  enemies. 
  

  

  Each 
  spirit 
  of 
  good 
  or 
  evil 
  has 
  its 
  distinct 
  and 
  appropriate 
  place 
  

   of 
  residence. 
  The 
  Rabbit 
  is 
  declared 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  broomsage 
  on 
  

   the 
  hillside, 
  the 
  Fish 
  dwells 
  in 
  a 
  bend 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  under 
  the 
  pendant 
  

   hemlock 
  branches, 
  the 
  Terrapin 
  lives 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  pond 
  in 
  the 
  West, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Whirlwind 
  abides 
  in 
  the 
  leaf 
  y 
  treetops. 
  Each 
  disease 
  ani- 
  

   mal, 
  when 
  driven 
  away 
  from 
  his 
  prey 
  by 
  some 
  more 
  powerful 
  ani- 
  

   mal, 
  endeavors 
  to 
  find 
  shelter 
  in 
  his 
  accustomed 
  haunt. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  

   stated 
  here 
  that 
  the 
  animals 
  of 
  the 
  formulas 
  are 
  not 
  the 
  ordinary, 
  

   everyday 
  animals, 
  but 
  their 
  great 
  progenitors, 
  who 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  

   world 
  (gal(V"lati) 
  above 
  the 
  arch 
  of 
  the 
  firmament. 
  

  

  COLOR 
  SYMBOLISM. 
  

  

  Color 
  symbolism 
  plays 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  shamanistic 
  sys- 
  

   tem 
  of 
  the 
  Cherokees, 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  other 
  tribes. 
  Each 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  cardinal 
  points 
  has 
  its 
  corresponding 
  color 
  and 
  each 
  color 
  its 
  

   symbolic 
  meaning, 
  so 
  that 
  each 
  spirit 
  invoked 
  corresponds 
  in 
  color 
  

   and 
  local 
  habitation 
  with 
  the 
  characteristics 
  imputed 
  to 
  him, 
  and 
  is 
  

   connected 
  with 
  other 
  spirits 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name, 
  but 
  of 
  other 
  colors, 
  

   living 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  world 
  and 
  differing 
  widely 
  in 
  their 
  

   characteristics. 
  Thus 
  the 
  Red 
  Man, 
  living 
  in 
  the 
  east, 
  is 
  the 
  spirit 
  

   of 
  power, 
  triumph, 
  and 
  success, 
  but 
  the 
  Black 
  Man, 
  in 
  the 
  West, 
  is 
  

   the 
  spirit 
  of 
  death. 
  The 
  shaman 
  therefore 
  invokes 
  the 
  Red 
  Man 
  to 
  

   the 
  assistance 
  of 
  his 
  client 
  and 
  consigns 
  his 
  enemy 
  to 
  the 
  fatal 
  influ- 
  

   ences 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  Man. 
  

  

  The 
  symbolic 
  color 
  system 
  of 
  the 
  Cherokees, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  ex- 
  

   plained 
  more 
  fully 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  formulas, 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  East 
  = 
  red 
  = 
  success: 
  triumph. 
  

  

  North 
  = 
  blue 
  = 
  defeat; 
  trouble. 
  

  

  West 
  = 
  black 
  = 
  death. 
  

  

  South 
  = 
  white 
  = 
  peace; 
  happiness. 
  

  

  Above?= 
  brown 
  = 
  unascertained, 
  but 
  propitious. 
  

  

  = 
  yellow— 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  blue. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  diversity 
  in 
  the 
  color 
  systems 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  tribes, 
  

   both 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  location 
  and 
  significance 
  of 
  the 
  colors, 
  but 
  for 
  obvious 
  

   reasons 
  black 
  was 
  generally 
  taken 
  as 
  the 
  symbol 
  of 
  death, 
  while 
  

   white 
  and 
  red 
  signified, 
  respectively, 
  peace 
  ami 
  war. 
  It 
  is 
  somewhat 
  

  

  