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  SACKED 
  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CHEKOKEES. 
  

  

  is 
  held 
  to 
  be 
  some 
  amphibious 
  animal 
  — 
  as 
  a 
  terrapin, 
  turtle, 
  or 
  snake 
  

   — 
  is 
  declared 
  to 
  have 
  risen 
  up 
  from 
  his 
  dwelling 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  

   lake, 
  situated 
  toward 
  the 
  sunset, 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  by 
  stealth 
  under 
  

   the 
  sick 
  man. 
  The 
  verb 
  implies 
  that 
  the 
  disease 
  spirit 
  crt 
  eps 
  und< 
  r 
  

   as 
  a 
  snake 
  might 
  crawl 
  under 
  the 
  coverlet 
  of 
  a 
  bed. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  Little 
  Men 
  in 
  the 
  Sun 
  Land 
  are 
  now 
  invoked 
  to 
  drive 
  out 
  

   the 
  disease. 
  Who 
  these 
  Little 
  Men 
  are 
  is 
  not 
  clear, 
  although 
  they 
  

   are 
  regarded 
  as 
  most 
  powerful 
  spirits 
  and 
  are 
  frequently 
  invoked 
  in 
  

   the 
  formulas. 
  They 
  are 
  probably 
  the 
  two 
  Thunder 
  Boys, 
  sons 
  of 
  

   Kanati. 
  

  

  The 
  Little 
  Men 
  come 
  instantly 
  when 
  summoned 
  by 
  the 
  shaman, 
  

   pull 
  out 
  the 
  intruder 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  patient, 
  turn 
  his 
  face 
  to- 
  

   ward 
  the 
  sunset, 
  and 
  begin 
  to 
  drive 
  him 
  on 
  by 
  threats 
  and 
  blows 
  

   (expressed 
  in 
  the 
  word 
  giVtsatatagi'yu) 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  lake 
  from 
  

   which 
  he 
  came. 
  On 
  the 
  road 
  there 
  are 
  four 
  gaps 
  in 
  the 
  mountains. 
  

   at 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  disease 
  spirit 
  halts 
  to 
  rest, 
  but 
  is 
  continually 
  

   forced 
  onward 
  by 
  his 
  two 
  pursuers, 
  who 
  finally 
  drive 
  him 
  into 
  the 
  

   lake, 
  where 
  he 
  is 
  compelled 
  to 
  remain, 
  without 
  being 
  permitted 
  even 
  

   to 
  look 
  back 
  again. 
  The 
  four 
  gaps 
  are 
  mentioned 
  also 
  in 
  other 
  

   formulas 
  for 
  medicine 
  and 
  the 
  ball 
  play 
  and 
  sometimes 
  correspond 
  

   with 
  the 
  four 
  stages 
  of 
  the 
  treatment. 
  The 
  direction 
  "No 
  fire 
  (coals) 
  

   is 
  put 
  down" 
  indicates 
  that 
  no 
  live 
  coals 
  are 
  put 
  into 
  the 
  decoction, 
  

   the 
  doctor 
  probably 
  using 
  water 
  warmed 
  in 
  the 
  ordinary 
  manner. 
  

  

  Takwati'hi 
  uses 
  for 
  this 
  disease 
  a 
  decoction 
  of 
  four 
  herbs 
  applied 
  

   in 
  the 
  same 
  manner. 
  He 
  agrees 
  with 
  A'yu"ini 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  

   general 
  theory 
  and 
  says 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  disease 
  may 
  be 
  contracted 
  by 
  

   neglecting 
  to 
  wash 
  the 
  hands 
  after 
  handling 
  terrapin 
  shells, 
  as, 
  for 
  

   instance, 
  the 
  shell 
  rattles 
  used 
  by 
  women 
  in 
  the 
  dance. 
  The 
  turtle 
  

   or 
  water 
  tortoise 
  (seligu'gi) 
  is 
  considered 
  as 
  an 
  inferior 
  being, 
  with 
  

   but 
  little 
  capacity 
  for 
  mischief, 
  and 
  is 
  feared 
  chiefly 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  

   its 
  relationship 
  to 
  the 
  dreaded 
  terrapin 
  or 
  land 
  tortoise 
  (tuksi'). 
  In 
  

   Takwatihi's 
  formula 
  he 
  prays 
  to 
  the 
  Ancient 
  White 
  (the 
  fire), 
  of 
  

   which 
  these 
  cold-blooded 
  animals 
  are 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  afraid, 
  to 
  put 
  

   the 
  fish 
  into 
  the 
  water, 
  the 
  turtle 
  into 
  the 
  mud. 
  and 
  to 
  send 
  the 
  ter- 
  

   rapin 
  and 
  snake 
  to 
  the 
  hillside. 
  

  

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