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  SACRED 
  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHEROKFES. 
  

  

  instances 
  the 
  formulas 
  were 
  formerly 
  repeated 
  with 
  the 
  appropriate 
  

   ceremonies 
  by 
  some 
  old 
  female 
  relative 
  of 
  the 
  mother, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  

   now 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  doctors, 
  men 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  women. 
  

  

  Tins 
  formula 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  manuscript 
  book 
  of 
  A'yu'"ini, 
  

   who 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  medicine 
  used 
  was 
  a 
  warm 
  decoction 
  of 
  a 
  plant 
  

   called 
  Dala'nige 
  Unaste'tsi 
  ("yellow 
  root" 
  — 
  not 
  identified), 
  which 
  

   was 
  blown 
  successively 
  upon 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  mother's 
  head, 
  upon 
  the 
  

   breast, 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  palm 
  of 
  each 
  hand. 
  The 
  doctor 
  stands 
  beside 
  

   the 
  woman, 
  who 
  is 
  propped 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  sitting 
  position, 
  while 
  repeating 
  

   the 
  first 
  paragraph 
  and 
  then 
  Mows. 
  If 
  this 
  produces 
  no 
  result 
  he 
  

   then 
  recites 
  the 
  paragraph 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  girl 
  and 
  again 
  blows. 
  

   A 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  liquid 
  is 
  also 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  woman 
  to 
  drink. 
  A'yu' 
  n 
  ini 
  

   claimed 
  this 
  was 
  always 
  effectual. 
  

  

  (HIA' 
  TSUNSDI'GA 
  DIL'TADI'NATANTI'YI. 
  II.) 
  

  

  Hitsutsa, 
  hitsu'tsa, 
  tleki'yu, 
  tleki'yu, 
  e'hinuga'T, 
  6'hinuga'l! 
  Hi 
  - 
  

   tsu'tsa, 
  tleki'yu, 
  gultsii'ti, 
  gultsu'tl, 
  tinaga'na, 
  tinaga'na 
  ! 
  

  

  HigS'yu'tsa, 
  hige'yu'tsa, 
  tleki'yu, 
  tleki'yu, 
  S'hinuga'T, 
  e'hinuga'l! 
  

   Hige'yu'tsa, 
  tleki'yu, 
  gu 
  n 
  gu'stT, 
  gu 
  n 
  gu'stl, 
  tinaga'na, 
  tinaga'na 
  ! 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  THIS 
  IS 
  TO 
  MAKE 
  CHILDREN 
  JUMP 
  DOWN. 
  

  

  Little 
  boy, 
  little 
  boy, 
  hurry, 
  hurry, 
  come 
  out, 
  come 
  out! 
  Little 
  boy, 
  hurry; 
  a 
  

   bow, 
  a 
  bow; 
  let's 
  see 
  who'll 
  get 
  it, 
  let's 
  see 
  who'll 
  get 
  it 
  ! 
  

  

  Little 
  girl, 
  little 
  girl, 
  hurry, 
  hurry, 
  come 
  out, 
  come 
  out. 
  Little 
  girl, 
  hurry; 
  a 
  

   sifter, 
  a 
  sifter; 
  let's 
  see 
  who'll 
  get 
  it, 
  let's 
  see 
  who'll 
  get 
  it 
  ! 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  formula 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  Takwati'hl, 
  as 
  given 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  a 
  

   specialist 
  in 
  this 
  line. 
  Takwatihi 
  himself 
  knew 
  nothing 
  of 
  the 
  treat- 
  

   ment 
  involved, 
  but 
  a 
  decoction 
  is 
  probably 
  blown 
  upon 
  the 
  patient 
  

   as 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  formula. 
  In 
  many 
  cases 
  the 
  medicine 
  

   used 
  is 
  simply 
  cold 
  water, 
  the 
  idea 
  being 
  to 
  cause 
  a 
  sudden 
  muscular 
  

   action 
  by 
  the 
  chilling 
  contact. 
  In 
  this 
  formula 
  the 
  possible 
  boy 
  or 
  

   girl 
  is 
  coaxed 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  promise 
  of 
  a 
  bow 
  or 
  a 
  meal-sifter 
  to 
  the 
  

   one 
  who 
  can 
  get 
  it 
  first. 
  Among 
  the 
  Cherokees 
  it 
  is 
  common, 
  in 
  

   asking 
  about 
  the 
  sex 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  arrival, 
  to 
  inquire. 
  "Is 
  it 
  a 
  bow 
  or 
  a 
  

   sifter?" 
  or 
  " 
  Is 
  it 
  ball 
  sticks 
  or 
  bread 
  ?" 
  

  

  DALA'NI 
  U»NAGE'I 
  ADANU'°\VATI. 
  

  

  Yuha'ahi', 
  (yuha'ahi', 
  yuha'ahi', 
  yuha'ahi',) 
  

   Yuha 
  ahi'. 
  (yuha'ahi', 
  yuha'ahi'), 
  Yu 
  ! 
  

  

  Sge! 
  U"tal-e'gwahi' 
  didulta'hlsti 
  ulsge'ta. 
  Usinu'lT 
  datitu'lene'I. 
  

   Usinu'll 
  dunu'y'tani'lei'. 
  

  

  Sge 
  ! 
  Ha-na'gwa 
  statu'"gani'ga, 
  nu"dayi 
  distul'ta'histT, 
  Stisga'ya 
  

   Dtst'sdi'ga, 
  stida'wehi-gagu. 
  U 
  n 
  tal-e'gwa 
  datitulene'(I) 
  ulsge'ta. 
  

   Ustnu'll 
  detlstu'1'tani'ga 
  ulsge'ta. 
  Ditu'taleniV'itsa 
  nu"na,'hT 
  "i'de'tu- 
  

  

  