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  FORMULA 
  FOR 
  HUNTING. 
  373 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  short 
  formula, 
  obtained 
  from 
  A'wani'ta, 
  is 
  recited 
  by 
  the 
  

   hunter 
  while 
  taking 
  aim. 
  The 
  bowstring 
  is 
  let 
  go 
  — 
  or, 
  rather, 
  the 
  

   trigger 
  is 
  pulled 
  — 
  at 
  the 
  final 
  Yu! 
  He 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  explain 
  the 
  

   meaning 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  selagwu'tsl 
  further 
  than 
  that 
  it 
  referred- 
  to 
  the 
  

   bullet. 
  Later 
  investigation, 
  however, 
  revealed 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  this 
  

   is 
  the 
  Cherokee 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  reed 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Erianthus, 
  and 
  the 
  in- 
  

   ference 
  follows 
  that 
  the 
  stalk 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  was 
  formerly 
  used 
  for 
  

   arrow 
  shafts. 
  Red 
  implies 
  that 
  the 
  arrow 
  is 
  always 
  successful 
  in 
  

   reaching 
  the 
  mark 
  aimed 
  at, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  instance 
  may 
  refer 
  also 
  to 
  

   its 
  being 
  bloody 
  when 
  withdrawn 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  animal. 
  

   InagS'hi, 
  "dwellers 
  in 
  the 
  wilderness," 
  is 
  the 
  generic 
  term 
  for 
  game, 
  

   including 
  birds, 
  but 
  A'wani'ta 
  has 
  another 
  formula 
  intended 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  for 
  deer. 
  

  

  (YA'NA 
  Tl'KANAGI'TA.) 
  

  

  He+! 
  Hayuya'haniwa'. 
  hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayu- 
  

   ya'haniwa'. 
  

  

  Tsistuyi' 
  nehandu'yanu, 
  Tsistuyi' 
  nehandu'yanu 
  — 
  Yoho'+! 
  

  

  He-H 
  Hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayu- 
  

   ya'haniwa'. 
  

  

  Kuwahi' 
  nehandu'yanu', 
  Kuwahi' 
  nehandu'yanu 
  — 
  Yoho'+ 
  ! 
  

  

  He+! 
  Hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayu- 
  

   ya'haniwa'. 
  

  

  Uya'ye' 
  nehandu'yanu', 
  Uya'ye' 
  nehandu'yanu' 
  — 
  Yoho'+ 
  ! 
  

  

  He+ 
  ! 
  Hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayu- 
  

   ya'haniwa'. 
  

  

  Gatekwa'(hi) 
  nehandu'yanu', 
  Gatekwa'(hi) 
  nehandu'yanu' 
  — 
  

   Yoho'-f 
  ! 
  

  

  Ule-'nii' 
  as6hi' 
  tadeya'statakuhi' 
  gu' 
  n 
  nage 
  astu'tsikf. 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  BEAR 
  SONG. 
  

  

  He! 
  Hayuya'haniwa 
  , 
  hayuya'haniwa,', 
  hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayuya'haniwa. 
  

  

  In 
  Rabbit 
  Place 
  you 
  were 
  conceived 
  (repeat) 
  — 
  Yoho'-j-! 
  

   He! 
  Hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayuya'haniwa 
  . 
  hayuya'haniwa.'. 
  

  

  In 
  Mulberry 
  Place 
  you 
  were 
  conceived 
  (repeat) 
  — 
  Yoho'-f! 
  

   He! 
  Hayuya'haniwa.', 
  hayuya'haniwa.', 
  hayuya'haniwa', 
  hayuya'haniwa'. 
  

  

  In 
  Uya'ye 
  you 
  were 
  conceived 
  (repeat) 
  — 
  Yoho' 
  + 
  ! 
  

   He! 
  Hayuya'haniwa 
  . 
  hayuya'haniwa 
  . 
  hayuya'haniwa,', 
  hayuya'haniwa,'. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Great 
  Swamp 
  (?) 
  you 
  were 
  conceived 
  (repeat) 
  — 
  Yoho'+! 
  

   And 
  now 
  surely 
  we 
  and 
  the 
  good 
  black 
  things, 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  all, 
  shall 
  see 
  each 
  other. 
  

  

  