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  SACRED 
  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHEROKEES. 
  

  

  O 
  Ancient 
  White, 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken, 
  for 
  you 
  have 
  said, 
  " 
  When 
  

   I 
  shall 
  hear 
  my 
  grandchildren, 
  I 
  shall 
  hold 
  up 
  their 
  heads." 
  Because 
  you 
  have 
  said 
  

   it. 
  now 
  therefore 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  listen. 
  The 
  relief 
  has 
  heen 
  caused 
  to 
  

   come. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  Listen! 
  In 
  the 
  Frigid 
  Land 
  you 
  repose. 
  O 
  Blue 
  Spider. 
  Quickly 
  you 
  have 
  brought 
  

   and 
  laid 
  down 
  the 
  blue 
  path. 
  O 
  great 
  ada'wehi, 
  quickly 
  you 
  have 
  brought 
  down 
  

   the 
  blue 
  threads 
  from 
  above. 
  The 
  intruder 
  in 
  the 
  tooth 
  has 
  spoken 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  

   worm. 
  The 
  tormentor 
  has 
  wrapped 
  itself 
  around 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  tooth. 
  Quickly 
  

   you 
  have 
  dropped 
  down 
  the 
  blue 
  threads, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  just 
  what 
  you 
  eat. 
  Now 
  it 
  is 
  for 
  

   you 
  to 
  pick 
  it 
  up. 
  The 
  relief 
  has 
  been 
  caused 
  to 
  come. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  O 
  Ancient 
  White, 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken, 
  for 
  you 
  have 
  said, 
  "When 
  I 
  

   shall 
  hear 
  my 
  grandchildren, 
  I 
  shall 
  hold 
  up 
  their 
  heads." 
  Because 
  you 
  have 
  said 
  

   it, 
  now 
  therefore 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  listen. 
  The 
  relief 
  has 
  been 
  caused 
  to 
  

   come, 
  I 
  "ft! 
  

  

  Listen! 
  In 
  the 
  Darkening 
  Land 
  you 
  repose, 
  O 
  Black 
  Spider. 
  Quickly 
  you 
  have 
  

   brought 
  and 
  laid 
  clown 
  the 
  black 
  path. 
  O 
  great 
  ada'wehi. 
  quickly 
  you 
  have 
  

   brought 
  down 
  the 
  black 
  threads 
  from 
  above. 
  The 
  intruder 
  in 
  the 
  tooth 
  hasspokin 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  worm. 
  The 
  tormentor 
  has 
  wrapped 
  itself 
  around 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  

   tooth. 
  Quickly 
  you 
  have 
  dropped 
  down 
  the 
  black 
  threads, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  just 
  what 
  you 
  

   eat. 
  Now 
  it 
  is 
  for 
  you 
  to 
  pick 
  it 
  up. 
  The 
  relief 
  has 
  been 
  caused 
  to 
  come. 
  Yu! 
  

  

  O 
  Ancient 
  White, 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken, 
  for 
  you 
  have 
  said, 
  " 
  When 
  

   I 
  shall 
  hear 
  my 
  grandchildren, 
  I 
  shall 
  hold 
  up 
  their 
  heads." 
  Because 
  you 
  have 
  

   said 
  it. 
  now 
  therefore 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  listen. 
  The 
  relief 
  has 
  been 
  caused 
  

   to 
  come. 
  Yu 
  ! 
  

  

  Listen 
  ! 
  You 
  repose 
  on 
  high, 
  O 
  White 
  Spider. 
  Quickly 
  you 
  have 
  brought 
  and 
  

   laid 
  down 
  the 
  white 
  path. 
  O 
  great 
  ada'wehi, 
  quickly 
  you 
  have 
  brought 
  down 
  the 
  

   white 
  threads 
  from 
  above. 
  The 
  intruder 
  in 
  the 
  tooth 
  has 
  spoken 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  

   worm. 
  The 
  tormentor 
  has 
  wrapped 
  itself 
  around 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  tooth. 
  Quickly 
  

   you 
  have 
  dropped 
  down 
  the 
  white 
  threads, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  just 
  what 
  you 
  eat. 
  Now 
  it 
  is 
  

   for 
  you 
  to 
  pick 
  it 
  up. 
  The 
  relief 
  has 
  been 
  caused 
  to 
  come. 
  Yu 
  ! 
  

  

  O 
  Ancient 
  White, 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken, 
  for 
  you 
  have 
  said, 
  " 
  When 
  I 
  

   shall 
  hear 
  my 
  grandchildren, 
  I 
  shall 
  hold 
  up 
  their 
  heads." 
  Because 
  you 
  have 
  said 
  

   it. 
  now 
  therefore 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  listen. 
  The 
  relief 
  has 
  been 
  caused 
  to 
  

   come. 
  Yu 
  ! 
  

  

  (Prescription)— 
  This 
  is 
  to 
  treat 
  them 
  if 
  there 
  are 
  pains 
  moving 
  about 
  in 
  the 
  teeth. 
  

   It 
  is 
  only 
  (necessary) 
  to 
  lay 
  on 
  the 
  hands, 
  or 
  to 
  blow, 
  if 
  one 
  should 
  prefer. 
  One 
  

   may 
  use 
  any 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  tube, 
  but 
  usually 
  they 
  have 
  the 
  medicine 
  in 
  the 
  mouth. 
  It 
  

   is 
  the 
  Yellow-rooted 
  Grass 
  (kane' 
  ska 
  dala'nige 
  unaste'tla 
  ; 
  not 
  identified. 
  ) 
  One 
  must 
  

   abstain 
  four 
  nights 
  from 
  cooked 
  corn 
  (hominy), 
  and 
  kauahe 
  na 
  (fermented 
  com 
  

   gruel) 
  is 
  especially 
  forbidden 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  period. 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  formula 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  manuscript 
  book 
  of 
  Gatigwanasti, 
  

   now 
  dead, 
  and 
  must 
  therefore 
  be 
  explained 
  from 
  general 
  analogy. 
  

   The 
  ailment 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  " 
  pains 
  moving 
  about 
  in 
  the 
  teeth" 
  — 
  

   that 
  is, 
  affecting 
  several 
  teeth 
  simultaneously 
  — 
  and 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  

   neuralgia. 
  The 
  disease 
  spirit 
  is 
  called 
  "the 
  intruder" 
  and 
  "the 
  

   tormentor" 
  and 
  is 
  declared 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  mere 
  worm 
  (tsga'ya), 
  which 
  has 
  

   wrapped 
  itself 
  around 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  tooth. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  regular 
  

   toothache 
  theory. 
  The 
  doctor 
  then 
  calls 
  upon 
  the 
  Red 
  Spider 
  of 
  

   the 
  Sunland 
  to 
  let 
  down 
  the 
  red 
  threads 
  from 
  above, 
  along 
  the 
  red 
  

   path, 
  and 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  intruder, 
  which 
  is 
  just 
  what 
  the 
  spider 
  

  

  