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  SACKED 
  FOBMULAS 
  OF 
  THE, 
  CHEROKEES. 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  song, 
  obtained 
  from 
  A'yiV'ini 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  

   the 
  Origin 
  of 
  the 
  Bear, 
  as 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  is 
  sung 
  by 
  the 
  bear 
  

   hunter, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  attract 
  the 
  bears, 
  while 
  on 
  his 
  way 
  from 
  the 
  

   camp 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  he 
  expects 
  to 
  hunt 
  during 
  the 
  day. 
  It 
  is 
  

   mil' 
  < 
  >f 
  those 
  taught 
  the 
  Cherokees 
  by 
  the 
  Ani-Tsa'kahl 
  before 
  they 
  

   lost 
  their 
  human 
  shape 
  and 
  were 
  transformed 
  into 
  bears. 
  The 
  

   melody 
  is 
  simple 
  and 
  plaintive. 
  

  

  The 
  song 
  consists 
  of 
  four 
  verses 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  short 
  recitation. 
  

   Each 
  verse 
  begins 
  with 
  a 
  loud 
  prolonged 
  He+\ 
  and 
  ends 
  with 
  

   Yoho'+ 
  ! 
  uttered 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner. 
  Hayuya'haniwa' 
  has 
  no 
  mean- 
  

   ing. 
  Tsistu'yl, 
  Kuwa'hi.Uya"ye, 
  and 
  Gate'kwah! 
  are 
  four 
  mountains, 
  

   in 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  bears 
  have 
  a 
  townhouse 
  and 
  hold 
  a 
  dance 
  before 
  

   going 
  into 
  their 
  dens 
  for 
  the 
  winter. 
  The 
  first 
  three 
  named 
  are 
  high 
  

   peaks 
  in 
  the 
  Smoky 
  Mountains, 
  on 
  the 
  Tennessee 
  line, 
  in 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   borhood 
  of 
  Clingman's 
  Dome 
  and 
  Mount 
  Guyot. 
  The 
  fourth 
  is 
  

   southeast 
  of 
  Franklin. 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  toward 
  the 
  South 
  Carolina 
  

   line, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  identical 
  with 
  Fodderstack 
  Mountain. 
  In 
  Kuwahi 
  

   dwells 
  the 
  great 
  bear 
  chief 
  and 
  doctor, 
  in 
  whose 
  magic 
  bath 
  the 
  

   wounded 
  bears 
  are 
  restored 
  to 
  health. 
  They 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  originate 
  or 
  

   be 
  conceived 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  named, 
  because 
  these 
  are 
  their 
  head- 
  

   quarters. 
  The 
  ' 
  ' 
  good 
  black 
  things 
  " 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  recitation 
  are 
  

   the 
  bears. 
  

  

  BOA' 
  ATSU'TI'YI 
  TSUN'TANU. 
  

  

  Sge! 
  Na'gwa 
  hitsatu'"gani'ga 
  hitsiga'tugi'. 
  Titsila'wisii' 
  n 
  hl 
  

   u 
  wagi"li 
  tege'tsuts'gu'lawisti'. 
  Tsuli'stana'lu 
  file' 
  waktfii, 
  agi'stl 
  

   une'ka 
  itsfi' 
  n 
  yatanilfi'istani'ga. 
  Gfi"watu'hwitfi' 
  nu"na'hi 
  degfindal- 
  

   tsi'dahe'stl. 
  "Wa'hisa'nahi 
  tigiwatsi'la. 
  Tutsegfi"lawisti'tege'stl. 
  

   U 
  n 
  tali' 
  degfi'"watanfihi, 
  uhisa"ti 
  nige'sfi 
  n 
  na. 
  Tsuwatsi'la 
  dadal'tsi'ga. 
  

   A'yfi 
  A'yu' 
  n 
  ini 
  tigwada'ita. 
  Yfi! 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  THIS 
  IS 
  FOR 
  CATCHING 
  LARGE 
  PISH. 
  

  

  Listen! 
  Now 
  you 
  settlements 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  to 
  hearken. 
  Where 
  you 
  have 
  

   gathered 
  in 
  the 
  foam 
  you 
  are 
  moving 
  about 
  as 
  one. 
  You 
  Blue 
  Cat 
  and 
  the 
  others, 
  

   I 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  offer 
  you 
  freely 
  the 
  white 
  food. 
  Let 
  the 
  paths 
  from 
  every 
  direction 
  

   recognize 
  each 
  other. 
  Our 
  spittle 
  shall 
  be 
  in 
  agreement. 
  Let 
  them 
  (your 
  ami 
  my 
  

   spittle) 
  be 
  together 
  as 
  we 
  go 
  about. 
  They 
  (the 
  lish) 
  have 
  become 
  a 
  prey 
  and 
  there 
  

   shall 
  be 
  no 
  loneliness. 
  Your 
  spittle 
  has 
  become 
  agreeable. 
  I 
  am 
  called 
  Swimmer. 
  

   Yu! 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  formula, 
  from 
  A'yu 
  n 
  ini's' 
  bonk, 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  <>f 
  catching 
  

   large 
  fish. 
  According 
  to 
  his 
  instruct 
  inns, 
  the 
  fisherman 
  must 
  first 
  

   chew 
  a 
  small 
  piece 
  of 
  Yugwilfi' 
  (Venus' 
  Flytrap 
  — 
  Dionpea 
  muscipula) 
  

   and 
  spit 
  it 
  upon 
  the 
  bait 
  and 
  also 
  upon 
  the 
  hook. 
  Then, 
  standing 
  

  

  