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  FORMULAS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CIIEROKEES. 
  

  

  liii"hiyatsa'u 
  n 
  taniga. 
  E'lati 
  gesfi'" 
  tiYl'taniga. 
  Dedu'lasku'"-gwu 
  

   igu'"wa'lawi'stl 
  uhi'sa'ti'yi 
  widaye'la'ni'ga. 
  Dedulasku'"-gwu 
  igii'"- 
  

   wa'lawl'stl 
  uhi'sa'ti'yi 
  nitu'ncli 
  ga. 
  

  

  Ha-sagwahi'yu 
  itsilasta'lagl 
  + 
  + 
  uwa'sahi'yu, 
  etsane''laueli'ga. 
  

   Agisa'ti 
  nige'su 
  n 
  na. 
  Agwa'duhl. 
  A'yu 
  agwadanta'gi 
  ayeiiyu 
  

   d'ka'iani'li 
  duda'nta, 
  uktahfi'"sti 
  nige'sii 
  u 
  na. 
  Yu"wl 
  tsu'tsatu" 
  

   \vidudante''tl 
  nige'su"na, 
  nitu'"neli'ga. 
  Sa'gwahl 
  itsilasta'lagl, 
  

   etsane"laneli'ga 
  kulkwa'gi-nasi' 
  igulstu"!! 
  gegane''lanu' 
  n 
  . 
  

  

  Anisga'ya 
  anewadi'sii" 
  unihisa'ti'yi. 
  Tsu'nada'neilti'yi. 
  Dl 
  la- 
  

   gwu 
  degu'"wanatsegu' 
  i 
  lawi'sdidegu'. 
  Aya'ise'ta-gwu 
  u'dauu. 
  Tsu- 
  

   nada'neilti'yi. 
  Utse'tsti-gwu 
  degu'"wanatsegu''lawis'didegu'. 
  Tsu- 
  

   na< 
  la 
  neilti'yi. 
  Ka'ga-gwii 
  dt.-gu 
  "\vanatst'gu''awisdidegii'. 
  Tsuna- 
  

   da'neilti'yi. 
  Da'l'ka-gwudegu'"wanatsegu'dawisdidegu'. 
  

  

  Kulkwa'gi 
  igulsta'lagl 
  unihisa'tx'yu. 
  Ige'ski-gwu 
  nige'su 
  n 
  na. 
  Aya'- 
  

   ise'ta-gwu 
  u'danu 
  degu'"waiiatsun'ti-degii'. 
  K'si-gwii 
  degu'"wa- 
  

   natsim'ti-degu'. 
  A'yagagu' 
  tsisga'ya 
  agiue'ga 
  u 
  n 
  gwane"laiiii'hl 
  

   + 
  + 
  N 
  u"dagu' 
  n 
  yi 
  iti'tsa 
  ditsida'ga. 
  Agisa"ti 
  iiige'su"na. 
  Agwadu- 
  

   lii'yu. 
  Tsi-sa'ka'm 
  agwa'tati 
  nige'su"na. 
  Kultsa'te 
  uue'ga 
  u 
  n 
  ni'ta- 
  

   gagu' 
  gukwatsa'nti-degu'. 
  Agisa"ti 
  nige'su 
  n 
  na. 
  A'yu 
  agwadan- 
  

   ta'gi 
  aye'li'yu 
  gulasi'ga 
  tsuda'nta, 
  uktahu'"sti 
  nige'su"na. 
  A'yu 
  tsl'gl 
  

   tsudanta 
  0. 
  Sge! 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  CONCERNING 
  LIVING 
  HUMANITY 
  (LOVE). 
  

  

  Ku! 
  Listen! 
  In 
  Alahi'yi 
  you 
  repose, 
  O 
  Terrible 
  Woman, 
  O 
  you 
  have 
  drawn 
  near 
  

   to 
  hearken. 
  There 
  in 
  Elahiyi 
  you 
  are 
  at 
  rest, 
  O 
  White 
  Woman. 
  No 
  one 
  is 
  ever 
  

   lonely 
  when 
  with 
  you. 
  You 
  are 
  most 
  beautiful. 
  Instantly 
  and 
  at 
  once 
  you 
  have 
  

   rendered 
  me 
  a 
  white 
  man. 
  No 
  one 
  is 
  ever 
  lonely 
  when 
  with 
  me. 
  Now 
  you 
  have 
  

   made 
  the 
  path 
  white 
  for 
  me. 
  It 
  shall 
  never 
  be 
  dreary. 
  Now 
  you 
  have 
  put 
  me 
  into 
  

   it. 
  It 
  shall 
  never 
  become 
  blue. 
  You 
  have 
  brought 
  down 
  to 
  me 
  from 
  above 
  the 
  

   white 
  road. 
  There 
  in 
  mid-earth 
  (mid-surface) 
  you 
  have 
  placed 
  me. 
  I 
  shall 
  stand 
  

   erect 
  upon 
  the 
  earth. 
  No 
  one 
  is 
  ever 
  lonely 
  when 
  with 
  me. 
  I 
  am 
  very 
  handsome. 
  

   You 
  have 
  put 
  me 
  into 
  the 
  white 
  house. 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  iu 
  it 
  as 
  it 
  moves 
  about 
  and 
  no 
  

   one 
  with 
  me 
  shall 
  ever 
  be 
  lonely. 
  Verily, 
  I 
  shall 
  never 
  become 
  blue. 
  Instantly 
  

   you 
  have 
  caused 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  with 
  me. 
  

  

  And 
  now 
  there 
  in 
  Elahiyi 
  you 
  have 
  rendered 
  the 
  woman 
  blue. 
  Now 
  you 
  have 
  

   made 
  the 
  path 
  blue 
  for 
  her. 
  Let 
  her 
  be 
  completely 
  veiled 
  in 
  loneliness. 
  Put 
  her 
  

   into 
  the 
  blue 
  road. 
  And 
  now 
  bring 
  her 
  down. 
  Place 
  her 
  standing 
  upon 
  the 
  earth. 
  

   Where 
  her 
  feet 
  are 
  now 
  and 
  wherever 
  she 
  may 
  go, 
  let 
  loneliness 
  leave 
  its 
  mark 
  

   upon 
  her. 
  Let 
  her 
  be 
  marked 
  out 
  for 
  loneliness 
  where 
  she 
  stands. 
  

  

  Ha! 
  I 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  (Wolf) 
  ( 
  + 
  + 
  ) 
  clan, 
  that 
  one 
  alone 
  which 
  was 
  allotted 
  

   into 
  for 
  you. 
  No 
  one 
  is 
  ever 
  lonely 
  with 
  me. 
  I 
  am 
  handsome. 
  Let 
  her 
  put 
  her 
  

   semi 
  the 
  very 
  center 
  of 
  my 
  soul, 
  never 
  to 
  turn 
  away. 
  Grant 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  

   men 
  she 
  shall 
  never 
  think 
  of 
  them. 
  I 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  one 
  clan 
  alone 
  which 
  was 
  

   allotted 
  for 
  you 
  when 
  the 
  seven 
  clans 
  were 
  established. 
  

  

  Where 
  (other) 
  men 
  live 
  it 
  is 
  lonely. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  loathsome. 
  The 
  common 
  

   polecat 
  has 
  made 
  them 
  so 
  like 
  himself 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  fit 
  only 
  for 
  his 
  company. 
  They 
  

   have 
  became 
  mere 
  refuse. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  loathsi 
  ime. 
  The 
  common 
  oppossum 
  has 
  

   made 
  them 
  so 
  like 
  himself 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  fit 
  only 
  to 
  be 
  with 
  him. 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  

  

  