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  SACKED 
  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CIIEKOKEES. 
  

  

  (Prescription) 
  — 
  (corner 
  note 
  at 
  top, 
  ) 
  If 
  treating 
  a 
  man 
  one 
  must 
  say 
  I\i<1 
  Woman, 
  

   anil 
  if 
  treating 
  a 
  woman 
  one 
  must 
  say 
  R<il 
  Man. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  just 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  prayer. 
  Repeat 
  it 
  four 
  times 
  while 
  laying 
  on 
  the 
  hands. 
  

   After 
  saying 
  it 
  over 
  once, 
  with 
  the 
  hands 
  on 
  ithe 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  patient), 
  take 
  oil 
  the 
  

   hands 
  and 
  blow 
  once, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  fourth 
  repetition 
  blow 
  four 
  times. 
  And 
  this 
  is 
  

   the 
  medicine. 
  Egu"H 
  (a 
  species 
  of 
  fern). 
  Ya'-na-Utse 
  sta 
  (" 
  bear's 
  bed,*' 
  the 
  Aspid- 
  

   ium 
  acrostichoides 
  or 
  Christmas 
  fern), 
  two 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  soft-(leaved) 
  Egu 
  "II 
  (one, 
  

   the 
  small 
  variety, 
  is 
  the 
  Cinnamon 
  fern, 
  Osmunda 
  cinnamonea), 
  and 
  what 
  is 
  called 
  

   Kaga 
  AsguHage 
  ("crow's 
  shin," 
  the 
  Adiantum 
  pedatinn 
  or 
  Maidenhair 
  fern) 
  and 
  

   what 
  is 
  called 
  Da 
  yi-Uwa'yi 
  ("beaver's 
  paw 
  " 
  — 
  not 
  identified). 
  Boil 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  the 
  

   six 
  varieties 
  together 
  and 
  apply 
  the 
  hands 
  warm 
  with 
  the 
  medicine 
  upon 
  them. 
  

   Doctor 
  in 
  the 
  evening. 
  Doctor 
  four 
  consecutive 
  nights. 
  (The 
  pay) 
  is 
  cloth 
  and 
  

   moccasins; 
  or, 
  if 
  one 
  does 
  not 
  have 
  them, 
  just 
  a 
  little 
  dressed 
  deerskin 
  and 
  sonic 
  

   cloth. 
  

  

  And 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  tabu 
  for 
  seven 
  nights. 
  One 
  must 
  not 
  touch 
  a 
  squirrel, 
  a 
  dog, 
  a 
  

   cat, 
  the 
  mountain 
  trout, 
  or 
  women. 
  If 
  one 
  is 
  treating 
  a 
  married 
  man 
  they 
  (sic) 
  

   must 
  not 
  touch 
  his 
  wife 
  for 
  four 
  nights. 
  And 
  he 
  must 
  sit 
  on 
  a 
  seat 
  by 
  himself 
  for 
  

   four 
  nights, 
  and 
  must 
  not 
  sit 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  seats 
  for 
  four 
  nights. 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  The 
  treatment 
  and 
  medicine 
  in 
  this 
  formula 
  are 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  in 
  that 
  just 
  given, 
  which 
  is 
  also 
  for 
  rheumatism, 
  both 
  being 
  

   written 
  by 
  Gahuni. 
  The 
  prayer 
  differs 
  m 
  several 
  respects 
  from 
  any 
  

   other 
  obtained, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  doctor 
  has 
  been 
  dead 
  for 
  years 
  it 
  is 
  impos- 
  

   sible 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  full 
  explanation 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  points. 
  This 
  is 
  probably 
  

   the 
  only 
  formula 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  spirit 
  invoked 
  is 
  the 
  

   " 
  Red 
  Woman," 
  but, 
  as 
  explained 
  in 
  the 
  corner 
  note 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  this 
  

   is 
  only 
  the 
  form 
  used 
  instead 
  of 
  "Red 
  Man,'' 
  when 
  the 
  patient 
  is 
  a 
  

   man. 
  The 
  Red 
  Man, 
  who 
  is 
  considered 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  powerful 
  

   god 
  in 
  the 
  Cherokee 
  pantheon, 
  is 
  in 
  some 
  way 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   thunder, 
  and 
  is 
  invoked 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  formulas. 
  The 
  change 
  

   in 
  the 
  formula, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  sex 
  of 
  the 
  patient, 
  brings 
  to 
  mind 
  a 
  

   belief 
  in 
  Irish 
  folk 
  medicine, 
  that 
  in 
  applying 
  certain 
  remedies 
  the 
  

   doctor 
  and 
  patient 
  must 
  be 
  of 
  opposite 
  sexes. 
  The 
  Red 
  Man 
  lives 
  

   in 
  the 
  east, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  regular 
  mythologic 
  color 
  theory, 
  

   as 
  already 
  explained. 
  Tht 
  j 
  scats 
  also 
  art/ 
  red, 
  and 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  

   verb 
  indicates 
  that 
  the 
  Red 
  Woman 
  is 
  either 
  standing 
  upon 
  them 
  

   (plural) 
  or 
  sitting 
  with 
  her 
  feet 
  resting 
  upon 
  the 
  rounds. 
  These 
  

   seats 
  or 
  chairs 
  are 
  frequently 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  formulas, 
  and 
  always 
  

   correspond 
  in 
  color 
  witli 
  the 
  spirit 
  invoked. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  clear 
  why 
  the 
  

   Red 
  Woman 
  is 
  held 
  responsible 
  for 
  the 
  disease, 
  which 
  is 
  generally 
  

   attributed 
  to 
  the 
  revengeful 
  efforts 
  of 
  the 
  game, 
  as 
  already 
  ex- 
  

   plained. 
  In 
  agreement 
  with 
  the 
  regular 
  form, 
  the 
  disease 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   be 
  put 
  under 
  (not 
  into) 
  the 
  patient. 
  The 
  assertion 
  that 
  the 
  chairs 
  

   " 
  have 
  swiftly 
  moved 
  away 
  " 
  would 
  seem 
  from 
  analogy 
  to 
  mean 
  that 
  

   the 
  disease 
  has 
  been 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  seats 
  and 
  thus 
  borne 
  away. 
  

   The 
  verb 
  implies 
  that 
  the 
  seats 
  move 
  by 
  their 
  own 
  volition. 
  Im- 
  

  

  