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  SACKED 
  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHEROKEES. 
  

  

  Another 
  expression 
  of 
  frequent 
  occurrence 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  the 
  

   disease 
  animals 
  have 
  formed 
  asettlement 
  or 
  established 
  a 
  townhouse 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  patient's 
  body. 
  The 
  disease 
  animal, 
  being 
  a 
  bird 
  or 
  birds, 
  

   must 
  be 
  dislodged 
  by 
  something 
  which 
  preys 
  upon 
  birds, 
  and 
  ac- 
  

   cordingly 
  the 
  Bine 
  Sparrow-Hawk 
  from 
  the 
  tree 
  tops 
  and 
  the 
  Brown 
  

   Rabbit-Hawk 
  (Diga'tiskI 
  — 
  " 
  One 
  who 
  snatches 
  up''), 
  fromabove 
  are 
  

   invoked 
  to 
  drive 
  out 
  the 
  intruders. 
  The 
  former 
  is 
  then 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  

   swooped 
  down 
  upon 
  them 
  as 
  a 
  hawk 
  darts 
  upon 
  its 
  prey, 
  while 
  the 
  

   latter 
  is 
  declared 
  to 
  have 
  scattered 
  the 
  birds 
  which 
  were 
  holding 
  a 
  

   council. 
  This 
  being 
  done, 
  relief 
  is 
  accomplished. 
  Yu! 
  is 
  a 
  mean- 
  

   ingless 
  interjection 
  frequently 
  used 
  to 
  introduce 
  or 
  close 
  paragraphs 
  

   or 
  songs. 
  

  

  The 
  medicine 
  used 
  is 
  a 
  warm 
  decoction 
  of 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  Kunstu'tsI 
  

   (Sassafras 
  — 
  Sassafras 
  officinale), 
  Kanu'si'ta 
  (Flowering 
  Dogwood 
  — 
  

   Cornus 
  florida), 
  Uda'lana 
  (Service 
  tree 
  — 
  Amelanchier 
  Canadensis), 
  

   and 
  Uni'kwa 
  (Black 
  Gum 
  — 
  Nyssa 
  nmltirlora), 
  with 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  two 
  

   species 
  (large 
  and 
  small) 
  of 
  Dayakall'skI 
  (Wild 
  Rose 
  — 
  Rosalucida). 
  

   The 
  bark 
  in 
  every 
  case 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  tree, 
  and 
  

   the 
  roots 
  selected 
  are 
  also 
  generally, 
  if 
  not 
  always, 
  those 
  growing 
  

   toward 
  the 
  east. 
  In 
  this 
  case 
  the 
  roots 
  and 
  barks 
  are 
  not 
  bruised, 
  

   but 
  are 
  simply 
  steeped 
  in 
  warm 
  water 
  for 
  four 
  days. 
  The 
  child 
  is 
  

   then 
  stripped 
  and 
  bathed 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  the 
  decoction 
  morning 
  and 
  

   night 
  for 
  four 
  days, 
  no 
  formula 
  being 
  used 
  during 
  the 
  bathing. 
  It 
  

   is 
  then 
  made 
  to 
  hold 
  up 
  its 
  hands 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  its 
  face 
  with 
  the 
  palms 
  

   turned 
  out 
  toward 
  the 
  doctor, 
  who 
  takes 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  medicine 
  in 
  his 
  

   mouth 
  and 
  repeats 
  the 
  prayer 
  mentally, 
  blowing 
  the 
  medicine 
  upon 
  

   the 
  head 
  and 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  patient 
  at 
  the 
  final 
  Yu 
  ! 
  of 
  each 
  paragraph. 
  

   It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  prayer 
  originally 
  consisted 
  of 
  four 
  para- 
  

   graphs, 
  or 
  else 
  that 
  these 
  two 
  paragraphs 
  were 
  repeated. 
  The 
  child 
  

   drinks 
  a 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  medicine 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  each 
  treatment. 
  

  

  The 
  use 
  of 
  salt 
  is 
  prohibited 
  during 
  the 
  four-days 
  of 
  the 
  treatment, 
  

   the 
  word 
  (ama') 
  being 
  understood 
  to 
  include 
  lye, 
  which 
  enters 
  largely 
  

   into 
  Cherokee 
  food 
  preparations. 
  No 
  chicken 
  or 
  other 
  feathered 
  

   animal 
  is 
  allowed 
  to 
  enter 
  the 
  house 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  period, 
  for 
  

   obvious 
  reasons, 
  and 
  strangers 
  are 
  excluded 
  for 
  reasons 
  already 
  

   explained. 
  

  

  HLV 
  DU'NIYUKWATISUU"! 
  KANA'HEHU. 
  

  

  Sge! 
  Nu"dagu' 
  ll 
  yi 
  tsul'da'histt, 
  Kanani'ski 
  Gigage. 
  UsInuTl 
  1111'"- 
  

   ua 
  gigage 
  hlnu 
  n 
  ni'ga. 
  Hida'wehi-gagu', 
  asti' 
  digi'gage 
  usinu'li 
  

   dehlkssa'u"tani'ga. 
  Ulsge'ta 
  kane'ge 
  kayu"ga 
  gesu'", 
  tsga'ya-gwu 
  

   higese'i. 
  Ehlstl' 
  hituwa'saniy'tel'. 
  Usinu'li 
  asti' 
  digi'gage 
  dehada'- 
  

   uHaniga, 
  adi'na 
  tsiilstai-yiV'ti-gwu 
  higese'i. 
  Na'gwa 
  ganagi'ta 
  

   da'tsatane'll. 
  Utslna'wa 
  nu'tatanu' 
  n 
  ta 
  ntiHuneli'ga. 
  Yu 
  ! 
  

  

  HigayiV'li 
  Tsune'ga 
  hatu'"gani'ga. 
  " 
  A'ya-gagu' 
  gatu' 
  n 
  gisge'sti 
  

   tsungili'sl 
  deagwulstawl'stitege'sti," 
  tsadunu'hl. 
  Na'ski-gagiY 
  itsa'- 
  

  

  