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  SACRED 
  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  TTIE 
  OIIEROKEES. 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  FORMULA 
  FOR 
  TREATING 
  THF, 
  CRIPPLER 
  (RHEUMATISM). 
  

  

  Listen! 
  Ha! 
  In 
  the 
  Sun 
  Land 
  you 
  repose, 
  O 
  Red 
  Dog, 
  O 
  now 
  you 
  have 
  swiftly 
  

   drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken. 
  O 
  great 
  ada'wehi 
  1 
  , 
  you 
  never 
  fail 
  in 
  anything. 
  O, 
  ap- 
  

   pear 
  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 
  Frigid 
  Land 
  you 
  repose, 
  O 
  Blue 
  Dog. 
  O 
  now 
  you 
  have 
  

   swiftly 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken. 
  O 
  great 
  ad 
  aw 
  hi, 
  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! 
  Ha! 
  In 
  the 
  darkening 
  land 
  you 
  repose, 
  O 
  Black 
  Dog. 
  O, 
  now 
  you 
  have 
  

   swiftly 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken. 
  O 
  great 
  ada'wehi, 
  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 
  Wa'hala 
  you 
  repose. 
  O 
  White 
  Dog. 
  Oh. 
  now 
  you 
  have 
  swiftly 
  drawn 
  

   near 
  to 
  hearken. 
  O 
  great 
  ada'wehi, 
  you 
  never 
  fail 
  in 
  anything. 
  Oh, 
  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 
  Wa'hala. 
  you 
  repose, 
  O 
  White 
  Terrapin. 
  O, 
  now 
  you 
  have 
  swiftly 
  

   drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken. 
  O 
  great 
  ada'wehi, 
  you 
  never 
  fail 
  in 
  anything. 
  Ha! 
  It 
  is 
  

   for 
  you 
  to 
  loosen 
  its 
  hold 
  on 
  the 
  bone. 
  Relief 
  is 
  accomplished. 
  

  

  (Prescription.) 
  — 
  Lay 
  a 
  terrapin 
  shell 
  upon 
  (the 
  spot) 
  and 
  keep 
  it 
  there 
  while 
  the 
  

   five 
  kinds 
  (of 
  spirits) 
  listen. 
  On 
  finishing, 
  then 
  blow 
  once. 
  Repeat 
  four 
  times, 
  

   beginning 
  each 
  time 
  from 
  the 
  start. 
  On 
  finishing 
  the 
  fourth 
  time, 
  then 
  blow 
  four 
  

   times. 
  Have 
  two 
  white 
  beads 
  lying 
  in 
  the 
  shell, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  medi- 
  

   cine. 
  Don't 
  interfere 
  with 
  it, 
  but 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  boiling 
  in 
  another 
  vessel 
  — 
  a 
  

   bowl 
  will 
  do 
  very 
  well 
  — 
  and 
  rub 
  it 
  on 
  warm 
  while 
  treating 
  by 
  applying 
  the 
  hands. 
  

   And 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  medicine: 
  What 
  is 
  called 
  Ya 
  na-Utse 
  sta 
  (" 
  bear's 
  bed," 
  the 
  Aspid- 
  

   ium 
  acrostichoides 
  or 
  Christmas 
  fern); 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  called 
  Ka'ga-Asgu 
  "tagl 
  

   ("crow's 
  shin." 
  the 
  Adianthum 
  pedatum 
  or 
  Maidenhair 
  fern); 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  the 
  

   common 
  Egu' 
  n 
  li 
  (another 
  fern); 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  the 
  Little 
  Soft 
  (-leaved) 
  Egu'"li 
  

   (Osmunda 
  Cinnamonea 
  or 
  cinnamon 
  fern), 
  which 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  rocks 
  and 
  resembles 
  

   Yana-Utse'sta 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  and 
  soft 
  (-leaved) 
  Egu'"li. 
  Another 
  has 
  brown 
  roots 
  

   and 
  another 
  has 
  black 
  roots. 
  The 
  roots 
  of 
  all 
  should 
  be 
  (used). 
  

  

  Begin 
  doctoring 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  morning: 
  let 
  the 
  second 
  (application) 
  be 
  while 
  the 
  

   sun 
  is 
  still 
  near 
  the 
  horizon; 
  the 
  third 
  when 
  it 
  has 
  risen 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  height 
  

   (10 
  a. 
  m.); 
  the 
  fourth 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  above 
  at 
  noon. 
  This 
  is 
  sufficient. 
  (The 
  doctor) 
  

   must 
  not 
  eat, 
  and 
  the 
  patient 
  also 
  must 
  be 
  fasting. 
  

  

  ' 
  Ada' 
  iveh't 
  is 
  a 
  word 
  used 
  to 
  designate 
  one 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  supernatural 
  powers, 
  

   and 
  is 
  applied 
  alike 
  to 
  human 
  beings 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  spirits 
  invoked 
  in 
  the 
  formulas. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  mythic 
  heroes 
  famous 
  for 
  their 
  magic 
  deeds 
  are 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  ada'wSht 
  

   (plural 
  anida'wehi 
  or 
  anida'we), 
  but 
  in 
  its 
  application 
  to 
  mortals 
  the 
  term 
  is 
  used 
  

   only 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  greatest 
  shamans. 
  None 
  of 
  those 
  now 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  band 
  are 
  

   considered 
  worthy 
  of 
  being 
  thus 
  called, 
  although 
  the 
  term 
  was 
  sometimes 
  applied 
  

   to 
  one, 
  Usawi, 
  who 
  died 
  some 
  years 
  ago. 
  In 
  speaking 
  of 
  himself 
  as 
  an 
  ada'wehi, 
  as 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  formulas, 
  the 
  shaman 
  arrogates 
  to 
  himself 
  the 
  same 
  powers 
  

   that 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  gods. 
  Our 
  nearest 
  equivalent 
  is 
  the 
  word 
  magician, 
  but 
  this 
  falls 
  

   far 
  short 
  of 
  the 
  idea 
  conveyed 
  by 
  the 
  Cherokee 
  word. 
  In 
  the 
  bible 
  translation 
  the 
  

   word 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  the 
  equivalent 
  of 
  angel 
  or 
  spirit. 
  

  

  